Japan still insists on the territorial ownership of the Kuril Islands

The subject of negotiations on a peace treaty with Russia is the territorial affiliation of the four “northern islands,” as Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai are called in Japan, said Secretary General of the Japanese government Hirokazu Matsuno.

Ethnologia: Japón guarda un minuto de silencio en memoria de las víctimas de Hiroshima

Ethnologia: Japón guarda un minuto de silencio en memoria de las víctimas de Hiroshima

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Tokyo confirms readiness to iron out Kuril Islands’ issue through dialogue - TASS

Japan’s government will keep holding active consultations with Russia based on its stance, which is to solve the issue on the ownership of the Kuril Islands with the further signing of a peace treaty, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in its annual diplomatic Blue Book report.