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BIZARRE: Kuril islands - What They Never Told You

Russia summons Japanese envoy following Putin's visit to disputed islands

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that is claimed by both countries

The Independent UK

Russia rebukes Japanese envoy in disputed islands row

MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday rebuked Japan’s ambassador to Moscow over the disputed Kuril islands, which President Vladimir Putin visited for the first time last week.

Bangkok Post

Why Putin’s first Kuril Islands visit has shocked Japan: Why did he go there now, and how is a WW2-era dispute pushing Russia and Japan further apart?

Putin’s Kuril Islands visit: Why did Russian President Vladimir Putin visit the disputed Kuril Islands now? Putin's first trip to the island chain has reignited a WW2-era territorial dispute with Japan, prompting Tokyo to call the visit “absolutely unacceptable” as tensions between Russia and Japan continue to deepen. Moscow quickly…

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‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Japan condemns visit by Vladimir Putin to disputed Kuril Islands

Japanese PM says islands seized by Soviets late in second world war are part of her country under international law

The Guardian - UK

Tokyo issues angry response as Putin visits disputed islands near Japan

The four islands, occupied by Russia during World War II, have gained importance since the war's end, providing the Kremlin with strategic military bases.

Euronews

Putin visits Kuril islands claimed by Japan

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting a “strong” protest by Japan which also claims the territory.

Bangkok Post

Why Putin’s first Kuril Islands visit matters as Russia-Japan ties hit new low

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the disputed Kuril Islands for the first time. This visit occurred amid deeply strained relations between Russia and Japan. Japan strongly protests the visit, reiterating its territorial claims over the islands. The long-standing dispute has intensified since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This territorial disagreement prevents…

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No tsunami threat to Hawaii from 7-magnitude earthquake near Russia’s Kuril Islands, officials say

The quake comes days after an 8.8-magnitude tremor in the region triggered tsunami alerts across Asia and the Pacific

The Independent UK

The Latest: Tsunami hits Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia early Wednesday

The Independent UK

Mysterious climate-changing eruption that turned the sun blue traced to remote Pacific island

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands was responsible for the mysterious 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the climate and turned the sun different colors, a new study finds.

LiveScience

Japan is facing a fiscal dilemma

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently unveiled an ambitious plan to double the country's defence budget to ¥43 trillion, roughly 2% of Japan's GDP, over the next five years. Notably, the country's massive rearmament programme, its biggest since the end of World War II, has not triggered a political or…

Bangkok Post

Russia suspends deal with Japan on fishing near disputed islands

Russia’s foreign ministry says Tokyo failed to make payments under deal giving Japan fishing rights near Kuril islands.

Al Jazeera

Russia's Rogozin proposes Russian names for disputed Kuril Islands

Russia's Roscosmos space agency director general, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Monday that the Kuril Islands, a subject of territorial dispute with Japan, could be renamed after Russian ships and events of the early 20th century's Russo-Japanese War.

Reuters

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Russian media raises spectre of nuclear attack on Japan

Islands between Russia and Japan have been source of territorial dispute dating to end of Second World War

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