Although Moscow agreed in principle to return the two smaller south Kuril Islands of Shikotan and Habomai to Japan, the government in Tokyo views this as insufficient to resolve the long-standing ...

The plan is to commit to paper possible transference of Shikotan and the Habomai islands to Japan, the agency reports TOKYO, January 20. /TASS/. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has got down to ...

Under the Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956, the Soviets offered to transfer ownership and control of the smaller Shikotan and Habomai Islands to Japan once a peace treaty is signed.

The agreement states that the islands of Habomai and Shikotan are to be handed over to Japan upon the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries. Japan says there is no change to its ...

The settlement of this problem inherited by Russia’s diplomacy from the Soviet Union is hampered by the years-long dispute over the four islands of Russia’s Southern Kurils - Shikotan ...

The latest analysis by the panel estimates the quake zone to be in areas off Tokachi and Nemuro, and off the islands of Shikotan and Etorofu. The report also warns that there is a high chance of ...

After the war, the entire archipelago was incorporated into the Soviet Union, but Japan disputes the ownership of the islands of Iturup, Kunashir and Shikotan, as well as several small uninhabited ...

Shikotan Island is located in the South Kuril Ridge and crows are permanent residents here Unlike seagulls crows cannot get their own food in the sea therefore they steal everything that lies ...

the two leaders agreed to accelerate negotiations based on the 1956 Joint Declaration between Japan and the former Soviet Union which clearly stated that the Habomai islets and Shikotan would be ...

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Japan resurrected a tougher stance over the disputed Northern Territories at its annual rally to demand Russia return the four islands off Hokkaido, amid stalled negotiations between the two ...