[DOC] [TLE] Kuril Islands dispute - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kuril Islands dispute also known as the Northern Territories dispute is a 
dispute between ... Furthermore, Japan claims that at least some of the disputed 
islands are not ... The treaty also specified that the island of Sakhalin/Karafuto 
was not to be partitioned but was to remain under a joint Russo-Japanese 
condominium... [DOC] [TLE] Kuril Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (/krl/, /kjrl/, or /kjril/; Russian: 
 , tr. Kurilskiye ostrova; IPA: [krilskj strva]; 
Japanese: Kuriru rett ... Japan claims the two southernmost large islands (Iturup 
and Kunashir) as part of its ..... names, Island Group, Capital / Landing point, 
Other [DOC] [TLE] Kuril islands dispute between Russia and Japan - BBC News [PAR] The BBC looks at the background to the dispute between Russia and Japan over 
four ... Image caption The islands lie off Japan's northern-most island of Hokkaido 
... The southernmost islet in the Habomai group lies only a few kilometres off ... 
and Japan, Japan renounced "all right, title and claim to the Kuril Islands", as well
... [DOC] [TLE] Why Russia Won't Cede Southern Kuril Islands to Japan [PAR] Jun 11, 2015 ... Japan claims sovereignty over the islands, calling them the ... and Habomai but 
Japan has been unrelenting in its demands for the return ... The logic of the 
nationalistic groups is that Russia should not return land seized from a country ... 
then the southern most island is a mere 12 kilometers from Honshu,... [DOC] [TLE] Kurile Islands Dispute [PAR] Japan and Russia have a long and contentious history in the Kurile Islands. ... No 
Ainu live in the Kuriles today, but about 24,000 Japanese report Ainu ... I 
recognized that the Urup island was the southernmost boundary of Russian 
territory. ... The second claim was that while the treaty acknowledged Etorofu, 
Kunashir,... [DOC] [TLE] The Southern Kuril Islands Dispute - The George Washington ... [PAR] The dispute between Russia and Japan over the southern Kuril Islands ... the four 
southernmost islands in the chain, Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and ... occupied 
the entire Kuril Islands chain and southern Sakhalin Island in late August ... 
Soviet Union agreed to hand over Shikotan and Habomai, but that the actual 
transfer. [DOC] [TLE] The Kuril Islands Dispute Between Russia and Japan - CSS [PAR] Russia currently occupies the islands, but. Japan claims them as Japanese 
territory. The Soviet ... Sakhalin Island to Russia in exchange for 18 Kuril. Islands. [DOC] [TLE] The history of territorial transition on the Kuril islands:Etorofu ... [PAR] Russian Federation has occupied these northern islands of Japan since then. ... 
But South Sakhalin and the Kuril islands also have not been defined as the 
Russian ... South Sakhalin were forced to move to the Kuril islands and Hokkaido 
island. ... Japan and Russia both recognize that Japan renounces the claim of all 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Northern Territories / Kuril Islands - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Oct 22, 2015 ... The Kuril islands lie just north of Japan's main northern island, Hokkaido. ... 
Japan claims the four southernmost islands as its own. .... But World War II 
afforded the opportunity for the Soviet Union to gain by a shrewd .... the 
uninhabited islet group of Habomai in the 1956 Japan-U.S.S.R. Joint Declaration
... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ISLANDS - StudyStack [PAR] CUBA, HISPANIOLA, & JAMAICA ALL BELONG TO WHAT ISLAND GROUP? .... 
THIS COUNTRY OCCUPIES AND CLAIMS THE KURIL ISLANDS, BUT JAPAN ... 
SOUTHERNMOST MEMBERS OF THIS LARGER PACIFIC ETHNIC GROUP... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Backs Japan In Looming Confrontation With Russia | The ... [PAR] Russia's unresolved conflict with Japan over the Kuril Islands, which has .... to 
Japan, the country's southernmost island, which was occupied by the US at that 
time. ... Japan, it would encourage other countries to pursue claims in other 
Russian ..... but that did not prevent another group of Russians to enthusiastically 
support... [DOC] [TLE] Kuril Islands - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Nov 18, 2014 ... A group of the southern islands were seized by Japan in 1855,

Question: This country occupies & claims the Kuril Islands, but Japan claims the southernmost island in the group
Answer: Russia