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After 80 years, Russia and Japan still can’t agree on who these islands belong to

SAPPORO, Japan — Tucked away in the basement of this northern Japanese city’s local history museum is a small exhibit devoted to one of World War II’s most enduring territorial disputes. Known as the ...
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Russia bans foreign ships from waters near disputed islands

Russia has reportedly decided to prohibit foreign ships from exercising the right of innocent passage—granted under an international treaty—in waters surrounding a disputed group of islands in the ...
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Japanese minister for Kuril affairs reprimanded for calling islands 'foreign'

TOKYO, November 10. /TASS/. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara reprimanded the Minister for Okinawa and "Northern Territories" Affairs (as Japan refers to the southern part of the Kuril ...
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Russia's ownership of Kuril Islands not up for debate — Kremlin

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The scandal surrounding Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories (the name for the southern part of the Kuril Islands in Japan) Affairs Hitoshi Kikawada, who ...