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  2. Kuril Islands dispute - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Kuril Islands - Wikipedia

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    Japan maintains a claim to the three islands of Kunashir, Iturup, and Shikotan, and the Habomai rocks, together called the Northern Territories. In addition, the Japanese government claims that the Kuril Islands, other than the Northern Territories and South Karafuto, are undetermined areas under international law because the San Francisco ...

  4. Territorial disputes of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The subsequent Treaty of San Francisco forced Japan to give up their claims to the Kuril Islands, but since the Soviet Union refused to sign the treaty, the US still considers the Kurils as Japanese territory under Russian control. [4] In addition, Japan claims that the Northern Territories are not a part of the Kuril Islands and had officially ...

  5. List of territorial disputes - Wikipedia

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    South Kuril/Chishima Islands (Northern Territories), Kuril/Chishima Islands, and South Sakhalin [1] [49] Russia Japan: After the end of World War II, the Japanese government renounced its claims of the sovereignty over the Kuril Islands (except for a few islands in the south) and South Sakhalin in The Treaty of San Francisco. [50]

  6. Japan–Russia border - Wikipedia

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    The Russian-controlled Kunashir Island (background) seen from Japan's Shiretoko Peninsula (foreground) The JapanRussia border is the de facto maritime boundary that separates the territorial waters of the two countries. According to the Russia border agency, the border's length is 194.3 km (120.7 mi). [1]

  7. Exclusive economic zone of Russia - Wikipedia

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    There is a longstanding dispute with Japan over the southern part of the Kuril islands. The dispute dates back to the Soviet Union and the Yalta Agreement (February 1945). The United States maintains that until a peace treaty between Japan and Russia is concluded, the disputed Northern Territories remain under Russian control via General Order ...

  8. List of Russian flags - Wikipedia

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    The nation of Russia has designed and used various flags throughout history. Listed in this article are flags — federal, administrative, military, etc. — used between the time of the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), Russian Empire (1721–1917) and today's Russian Federation (1991–present day).

  9. Northern Territories - Wikipedia

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    Northern Territories (北方領土, Hoppō Ryōdo), a term used by Japan in territorial disputes to refer to the parts of Kuril Islands claimed by Japan and occupied by Russia. Historical name of part of Ghana, a former British Empire protectorate, itself divided into the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions of modern Ghana