Victories over China and Russia expanded the Japanese sphere of influence, notably in Formosa and Korea, but South Sakhalin became a part of metropolitan Japan as Karafuto Prefecture in 1905.
Shiretoko, former name of Novikovo in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; previously administered as a part of Karafuto Prefecture
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Kitazumi's early photographic assignments included the trips to Karafuto (Sakhalin) and Mount Kumgang (now in North Korea).