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
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
Kunashir
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Kunashir, known in Japan as Kunashiri, is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands. The island has been under Russian administration since the end of World War II, when Soviet forces took possessi
Kuril Islands dispute
…Kuril Islands, known in Russia as the Southern Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories. They are, from largest to smallest: Iturup/Etorofu, Kunashir/Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands. The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands that stretch between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at their…
View of Kunashir from the Rausu Kunashiri Observatory Deck
Cape Stolbchaty on the western side of the island
Sulfuric River, Kunashir
Kunashir coastline: photo taken by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010