Northern Territories dispute

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The Northern Territories dispute is a long-standing territorial conflict between Japan and Russia over a group of islands northeast of Hokkaido, which has prevented the two countries from signing a formal World War II peace treaty.

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Northern Territories dispute canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border dispute
international dispute
territorial dispute
concernsArchipelago Kuril Islands
concernsIslands Habomai Islands
Iturup
Kunashir
Shikotan
concernsRegion Northern Territories
hasClaimant Government of Japan
Government of the Russian Federation
surface form: Government of Russia
hasImpactOn Japan–Soviet relations
surface form: Japan–Russia relations

energy cooperation between Japan and Russia
fisheries access
security in Northeast Asia
hasProposedSolution joint economic activities on disputed islands
return of some islands to Japan
involvesCountry Japan
Russia
involvesSuccessorStateOf Soviet Union
JapanClaims sovereignty over Habomai Islands
sovereignty over Iturup
sovereignty over Kunashir
sovereignty over Shikotan
legalReference Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration of 1956
Treaty of San Francisco
surface form: San Francisco Peace Treaty

Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

Treaty of Shimoda
Yalta Conference
surface form: Yalta Agreement
locatedInBodyOfWater Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Sea of Okhotsk
locatedNortheastOf Hokkaido
negotiatedBy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
surface form: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
surface form: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
otherName Japan–Russia territorial dispute
Kuril Islands dispute
Northern Territories issue
Northern Territories problem
prevents formal World War II peace treaty between Japan and Russia
relatedEvent Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
surface form: Soviet–Japanese War of 1945

World War II
RussiaControls Habomai Islands
Iturup
Kunashir
Shikotan
startedInPeriod end of World War II
status unresolved
timePeriod post-1945 era

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Kuril Islands disputeKnownAs Northern Territories dispute
Shikotan partOfDispute Northern Territories dispute
Japan–Soviet relations mainDispute Northern Territories dispute