Elderly Japanese pine for return to 'lost' northern islands Yoi Hasegawa still retains fond memories of her home on the island of Etorofu, off the northern coast of Japan, one of the Kuril islands invaded by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II. Now former residents who were children when the Russians arrived are heading into their twilight years with little hope of returning to their former home. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES