Kuril Islands dispute
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kuril-islands-dispute-188-16398446
title:
Kuril Islands dispute
text:
択捉島 The Kuril Islands dispute, known as the Northern Territories dispute in Japan, is a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the ownership of the four southernmost Kuril Islands. The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands that stretch between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at their southern end and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula at their northern end. The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean. The four disputed islands, like other islands in the Kuril chain whic
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description:
Disagreement between Japan and Russia over sovereignty of the South Kuril Islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute
date created:
2003-07-31T04:54:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:22:52Z
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