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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 ...
A horizontal bicolour of red and white. 1641–1854: Flag used in Dejima: A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue. 1603–1868: Naval ensign of the Tokugawa Shogunate. [1] A bicolour flag consisting of three bands; white, black, and white. 1905–1910: Flag of the Resident General of Korea. A blue ensign with the Flag of Japan in the ...
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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 ...
The Imperial Standard was the black Double-Headed Eagle displayed on a golden banner, which represented the Empire and the Emperor, the absolute ruler of Russia. [4] When the black-yellow-white flag was in use between 1858 and 1896, the white-blue-red flag was still used as a merchant ensign. [4] 1721–1896: Civil ensign of the Russian Empire ...
The map of the Russian Federation with a white-blue-white flag is the title of the image. If you want to publish a map without the Kurils, publish it, but add "without disputed... 12:06, 4 January 2023: 1,039 × 604 (48 KB) Giorgi Balakhadze: This is not about Kremlin views, those 4 islands are Japanese sovereign territory: 20:18, 3 January 2023
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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 ...