Kuril islands dispute

Japan claims sovereignty over Russian territory
Tokyo will not give up its claim that Russia’s southern Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean are rightfully Japanese, and wants to reach a deal with Moscow to resolve the dispute, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Jan 18, 2022 21:54
Russia says no to lease of disputed islands
The Kuril Islands in the Pacific, which Japan lays territorial claims to, will reel in both domestic and foreign investors, but renting out the archipelago is strictly off the cards, Russia’s deputy prime minister has announced.
Dec 7, 2021 07:26
Russia & Japan locked in standoff over Moscow's call for firms to move to Kuril Islands, in dispute holding up WWII peace treaty
Tokyo has warned that a new economic development campaign on Russia's Kuril Islands now risks worsening a diplomatic spat between the two countries that has kept the two nations technically in a state of war since the 1940s.
Sep 6, 2021 14:21
Russia & Japan could finally sign WWII peace deal as Tokyo says it is ready to continue negotiations over disputed Kuril Islands
Seventy-five years after the fighting stopped, Russia and Japan could at last officially end WWII after Tokyo expressed hope that talks might continue despite Moscow’s refusal to hand over a disputed Pacific Ocean archipelago.
Feb 15, 2021 11:59
New Japanese PM hints at end to dispute with Russia over Kuril Islands that’s kept the two countries technically at war since 1945
Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s new prime minister, has told his country’s parliament that an end to its long-running territorial row with Russia might soon be in sight, potentially signaling closer ties between the two nations.
Jan 18, 2021 15:13
America forced Tokyo to give up Kuril Islands, yet now it labels its Russian residents as Japanese, ex-diplomat tells RT
The US’ decision to label residents of the disputed Kuril Islands as Japanese is a “very strange and irregular” move, former Australian diplomat Gregory Clark has told RT, adding it shows “rampant revisionism” on the US’ part.
Dec 8, 2020 14:26

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