Japan protests Putin’s first visit to disputed islands
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Japan has joined other G7 countries in sanctioning Russia and giving money and nonlethal defense aid to Kyiv.
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The Kuril Islands became part of the Russian Federation after World War II, though Japan maintains a claim on several of the islands, including Iturup, which Putin visited this week.
Japan’s foreign minister on Thursday summoned the Russian ambassador in Tokyo to lodge a “strong protest” against President Vladimir Putin’s surprise visit to the Kuril islands. Tokyo maintains its claim to the disputed islands near Japan's northernmost Hokkaido island since they were seized by the …
Japan says it "strongly protests" Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to the disputed Kuril Islands. Tensions over the Russian-controlled archipelago, claimed partly by Japan, have long dogged bilateral ties.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan, which voiced a diplomatic protest over the trip.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kuril Islands for the first time, sparking a protest from Japan. Japan also claims the four southernmost islands of the chain, calling them the Northern Territories. On Thursday, Putin toured a fish plant,…
Japanese PM says islands seized by Soviets late in second world war are part of her country under international law The Japanese government has reacted angrily to Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, which are claimed by both Tokyo and Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed Kuril Islands drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from the Japanese government, which has long claimed four of the islands in the archipelago.
🇷🇺 🇯🇵 Russian President Putin has made his first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, travelling to Iturup, one of four islands claimed by both Russia and Japan. Tokyo strongly protested the visit, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.”
TOKYO >> Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed island close to Japan today prompting a strong condemnation from Tokyo, which said his actions had made any improvement of relations between the countries difficult.
The Japanese government is outraged after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a tiny island north of Hokkaido, a territory that Tokyo has insisted was illegitimately stolen from the country in the final days of World War II.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday visited islands seized from Japan at the end of World War II for the first time, prompting an angry rebuke from Tokyo.
