Kunashiri

GLOSSARY: Northern Territories
The Nemuro Peninsula in Hokkaido with the Habomai islets in the front and Shikotan island of the Northern Territories in the background (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
April 29, 2013
Around the 1960s, the Japanese government started to use the term “Northern Territories” to refer to Kunashiri, Habomai, Shikotan and Etorofu islands off the coast of...
Disputed Kunashiri Island on the road to progress
A Russian local assembly member, left, speaks to Japanese visitors about a port under construction in Furukamappu on Kunashiri Island on July 31. (Sachiko Miwa)
August 19, 2011
KUNASHIRI ISLAND--When our ship approached this disputed island that has been a stumbling point in Japanese-Russian relations for more than 60 years, at first glance, it didn't ...
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