Japan simply watches amid influx of foreign workers to Northern Territories

Workers from various nations eat at a restaurant for foreign workers in Furukamappu on Kunashiri. (Vladimir Lavrinenko)South Korean workers at a pier construction site on Etorofu (Vladimir Lavrinenko)Foreign workers call a cargo container home in a community for foreign workers on the outskirts of Furukamappu on Kunashiri. (Vladimir Lavrinenko)North Koreans work on the exterior wall of a customs facility on Kunashiri. (Vladimir Lavrinenko)