Kuril Islands
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The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km northeast from Hokkaido in Ja
A coastline along one of the Kuril Islands
Caldera of the island Ushishir
Stratovolcano Mt. Ruruy as viewed from Yuzhno-Kurilsk
Kuril Ainu people next to their traditional dwelling
Kuril Islands dispute
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Russia and Japan have a territorial dispute over the four southernmost Kuril Islands, known in Russia as the Southern Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories. They are, from largest to smalles
Kuril Islands
…the three largest (Iturup and Kunashir), as part of its territory, as well as Shikotan and the unpopulated Habomai islets, which has led to the ongoing Kuril Islands dispute. The disputed islands are known in Japan as the country's "Northern Territories". The name Kuril originates from the autonym that the Indigenous Ainu…
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev met local residents in Yuzhno-Kurilsk, 1 November 2010.
Poster about the Kuril Islands dispute in Sapporo, Hokkaido, 2012
A Japanese installation at the Kuril island viewpoint in Cape Nosappu with details and claims regarding the disputed Kuril islands
Japanese people visiting their family graves on Tanfiliev Island (Suishō-jima), one of the Habomai Islands, 2008