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NORTHERN TERRITORIES

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2018
Japan to avoid direct support for U.S. strike on Syria: sources
Japan plans to avoid expressing direct support for actual U.S. military action against Syria, in an attempt to avoid damaging negotiations with Russia over a decadeslong territorial row, government sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2018
Japan and the Skripal poisoning: The U.K.'s fair-weather friend
Prime Minister Abe should demonstrate that Japan is a reliable security partner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2018
Minister in charge of Okinawa, Tetsuma Esaki, steps down after stroke
The state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, Tetsuma Esaki, stepped down Tuesday after suffering a minor stroke recently, the government said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2018
Government to back Hokkaido school trips to promote awareness of isle row with Russia
The government plans to promote school trips to parts of Hokkaido near the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan to raise awareness among young people about the territorial dispute, it has been learned.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2018
Japan and Russia to hold vice ministerial talks next week on Northern Territories
Japan and Russia will hold another round of vice ministerial-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 6 to seek progress on a long-standing territorial row over a group of islands off Hokkaido, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2018
Japan might ask Russian President Putin to visit in 2019 to discuss isle row
The government is considering inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan around May 2019 in the hope of making progress in resolving a decades-long territorial row, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2017
Japan and Russia to form task force on joint business on disputed isles
Japan and Russia have agreed to set up a task force to jointly develop tourism and four other businesses on disputed islands controlled by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo, a Japanese government official said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2017
Ex-islanders make first flight to disputed Russian-held isles to visit ancestors' graves
In the first flight negotiated over their decades-long territorial spat, Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido flew to two of the disputed isles Saturday to visit their ancestors' graves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Sep 6, 2017
Okinawa's economics minister does some soul-searching after backlash from recent comments
Tetsuma Esaki, the newly-appointed minister in charge of Okinawa economic promotion and territorial issues, is known as a cheerful, friendly politician.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2017
Japan, Russia mull cruises around disputed islands as part of economic link-up
Japan and Russia are exploring the idea of conducting cruises around the Moscow-held, Tokyo-claimed islands off Hokkaido as part of envisioned economic collaboration, a diplomatic source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2017
DP calls for new Okinawa minister to be sacked after 'reading aloud' gaffe in Diet
The Democratic Party called Monday for the new minister in charge of issues related to Okinawa to be sacked after he made a gaffe just two days after being assigned the post in the latest Cabinet reshuffle.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2017
Abe, Putin to step up talks on joint economic activities on disputed Russian-held isles
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to hold talks in August about jointly developing the disputed Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2017
First visitation flight to disputed isles off Hokkaido canceled over poor weather
Two days of bad weather forced the cancellation Monday of what was to have been the first chartered flight by former residents to visit Kunashiri and Etorofu, two of the four Russia-held islands off northeastern Hokkaido claimed by Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2017
Former residents' trip to disputed Russian-held isles postponed
A homecoming trip scheduled for former Japanese residents of the Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido was postponed Sunday due to poor weather, government officials said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2017
The hidden side of the Japanese-Russian summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approach to Russia is looking increasingly risky.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2017
Japanese experts plan to survey disputed Russian-held isles off Hokkaido
Japanese experts will survey the disputed Russian-held islands claimed by Japan in late June to assess the potential for setting up joint economic ventures with Russia, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2017
Former residents take visa-free trip to disputed Russian-held isles off Hokkaido
Former residents headed out Monday to visit the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido under a bilateral visa-free exchange program, the first such trip since the two countries agreed to ease travel restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2017
Japan protests Russian defense chief's plan to deploy on disputed isles
Tokyo has lodged a protest with Moscow over a potential plan to deploy a military division later this year on Russian-controlled islets claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, the government's top spokesman said Thursday, a move that could exacerbate the decades-old territorial row.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 31, 2016
Why Abe's Russian gambit is doomed
Say what you will about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he is a glutton for punishment. Too bad his bravado is not matched by canny discernment. Case in point is his plan to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin to follow up on the recent fiasco in Japan. In December, Abe came away from his 24 hours with Putin, his 16th face-to-face meeting, looking diminished and naive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2016
Russian military buildup on disputed isles clouds resolution of row with Tokyo
Even though Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed their recent agreement on joint economic activities on four disputed islands off Hokkaido is a step toward resolving the territorial row, the islands' strategic importance for Russia is likely to continue complicating the decades-old issue.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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