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KUNASHIRI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2014
Student seeks Japan-Russia isle thaw
For Yuki Nishida, 23, the Soviet Union and Russia had long been the frightening foes who seized Kunashiri Island, where his grandmother lived, after Japan's World War II surrender.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
China rise may break Russia impasse: expert
China's growing economic and military might may pose a threat to Japan, but it also works in Tokyo's favor when it comes to settling a long-standing territorial dispute with Russia, a former high-ranking diplomat told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 8, 2013
Putin expected to visit disputed Kunashiri next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin might visit one of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan next week, a person affiliated with a group of former residents who just returned from visiting the islands said Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2013
U.S. firm to build wind power plant on Kunashiri
A U.S. firm has won an order for a wind power plant to be built on Kunashiri Island, one of the four-Russian held islands Japan wants returned, a senior Sakhalin Province official said Friday.

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