[DOC] [TLE] Kuril Islands dispute - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kuril Islands dispute also known as the Northern Territories dispute is a 
dispute between .... I was speaking of the Kurile Islands, Japanese territory, 
disposition of which must be made at a peace settlement. ... The Treaty of San 
Francisco was signed by 49 nations, including Japan and the United States, on 
September 8,... [DOC] [TLE] Kuril islands dispute between Russia and Japan - BBC News [PAR] Apr 29, 2013 ... Kuril islands dispute between Russia and Japan ... background to the long-
standing territorial dispute between the two nations. ... Japanese people migrated 
north to the islands in the 18th and 19th century, ... In 1855, Russia and Japan 
signed the Treaty of Shimoda, which gave Japan ownership of the four... [DOC] [TLE] Japan's Island Problem | Dissent Magazine [PAR] It dismantled Japan's vast empire, returning the country largely to the shape it ... 
with their counterparts in China and what had become South and North Korea. .... 
international laws currently grant national ownership of up to an additional 350 ... 
By connecting theoretical boundary lines between Japan's disputed islands,... [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. ... He 
was the first Russian president to visit one of the disputed Kurile Islands. ... Kurile 
Islands is an archipelago located between the Kamchatka Peninsula ... with each 
country receiving ownership of a specific portion of the Kurils. [DOC] [TLE] Sylvester | Japan's Territorial Disputes - The University of North ... [PAR] Territorial disputes among nations seem more appropriate to nineteenth century 
... Japan has four such disputes, three of them centered on tiny islands that are ... 
Ownership of most of the good land is well settled on the maps of the world. ... of 
Japan (the Koreans call it the Eastern Sea) between Japan's Oki Islands and the
... [DOC] [TLE] Kuril Islands dispute: Why are Japan and Russia still locked in WWII ... [PAR] May 6, 2016 ... Kuril Islands dispute: Why are Japan and Russia still locked in WWII over the 
territories? ... Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister ... 
for a meeting between the leaders, raising questions as to whether the rare ... of 
the islands to Japanese ownership, this was rejected by Japan on the... [DOC] [TLE] Japan and Russia May Settle Post-WWII Kuril Islands Dispute [PAR] Sep 3, 2016 ... Japan and Russia may settle post-World War II Kuril Islands dispute ... on Friday 
between Russia's president Vladimir Putin and Japan's prime minister Shinzo 
Abe. .... feelings of the Russian people toward ownership of the Kuril Islands. ... 
place at all, suggest that these two nations will not be going to war. [DOC] [TLE] Southern Kuril Islands: New Developments in the Territorial Dispute ... [PAR] Sep 25, 2015 ... The territorial dispute between Japan and Russia: The 'two island ... iz-za 
poseshcheniya Medvedevym Kuril [Rogozin suggests the Japanese... [DOC] [TLE] russo-japanese territorial dispute from the border region perspective [PAR] The territorial negotiations between Japan and Russia which resumed with the ... 
Why is it that Japan and Russia cannot compromise over the issue of the 
ownership of .... territory' that has never been part of another country. ... Kurile 
Islands north of Urup were handed over to Japan, giving Japan ownership of the 
entire. [DOC] [TLE] Mapping Every Disputed Territory in the World - Metrocosm [PAR] Nov 20, 2015 ... The Kurils are a string of islands stretching from the north of Japan to the ... to 
give up all claims to the Kuril Islands, making Russia the rightful owner. ... war on 
Japan until August of 1945, a month before the Japanese surrender, .... last war 
fought in Latin America between two sovereign, belligerent nations. [DOC] [TLE] The Russians Debate the Kuril Islands Territorial Dispute: An Aspect ... [PAR] MASTER OF ARTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS from the ... group of 
islands between Japan's Hokkaido Island and the Russian Federation's ..... social 
importance of the Kuril Islands ownership debate among the Russians themselve 
.....

Question: Ownership of the Kuril Islands to Japan's north is disputed between Japan & this nation
Answer: Russia