Japanese leaders say Putin visit to disputed islands has ‘extremely negative impact’ on relations
This visit to Etorofu by the sitting president of Russia is incompatible with Japan’s consistent position on the Northern Territories,” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters.Advertisement “Japan-Russia relations are currently in a very difficult situation. Of them, about 5,000 Japanese are still alive, though they are rapidly dying off from old age. 13, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) It was Putin’s first official visit to the island since becoming president in 2000.
- ▪This visit to Etorofu by the sitting president of Russia is incompatible with Japan’s consistent position on the Northern Territories,” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters.Advertisement “Japan-Russia relations are currently in a ve
- ▪Of them, about 5,000 Japanese are still alive, though they are rapidly dying off from old age.
- ▪13, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) It was Putin’s first official visit to the island since becoming president in 2000.
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The Japanese government is outraged after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a tiny island north of Hokkaido, a territory that Tokyo has insisted was illegitimately stolen from the country in the final days of World War II.Map of territory disputed by Japan and Russia (Map: Datawrapper, Graphic: Grace Hagerman/Washington Examiner) Putin toured the island, known in Russia as Iturup and in Japan as Etorofu, on Thursday. It is part of an archipelago with three other islands known in Japanese as the “Northern Territories” and in Russian as the “Kuril Islands.” It was a politically charged visit, as Putin asserted just the day before that Russian ownership of the region is “reality” that is “enshrined in international documents.” Recommended Stories Japanese leaders say Putin visit to…
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