Northern Territories by Japan

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The Northern Territories by Japan refers to a group of four islands off Hokkaido—Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai islets—administered by Russia but claimed by Japan, forming the core of a long-running territorial dispute between the two countries.

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory
territorial dispute
administeredAsPartOf Sakhalin Oblast NERFINISHED
borderBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
Sea of Okhotsk NERFINISHED
claimedAs inherent territory of Japan
closestJapanesePrefecture Hokkaido NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn February 7
consistsOf Etorofu Island NERFINISHED
Habomai Islands NERFINISHED
Kunashiri Island NERFINISHED
Shikotan Island NERFINISHED
countryAdministering Russia NERFINISHED
countryClaiming Japan NERFINISHED
disputedBetween Japan NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
disputeDuration since end of World War II
geopoliticalRegion Northeast Asia NERFINISHED
hasIsletGroup Habomai Islands NERFINISHED
hasMainIsland Etorofu Island NERFINISHED
Kunashiri Island NERFINISHED
hasSmallerIsland Shikotan Island NERFINISHED
historicalContext World War II aftermath
issueRaisedIn Japan–Russia diplomatic negotiations NERFINISHED
japaneseName Hoppō Ryōdo NERFINISHED
legalPositionOfJapan territories not renounced in San Francisco Peace Treaty
legalPositionOfRussia territories acquired as result of World War II
locatedOffCoastOf Hokkaido NERFINISHED
partOfLargerDispute Kuril Islands dispute
politicalSignificanceFor Japanese domestic politics
Russo–Japanese relations
reasonForDispute interpretation of postwar treaties
sovereignty claim
relatedTreaty San Francisco Peace Treaty NERFINISHED
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Shimoda NERFINISHED
Yalta Agreement NERFINISHED
russianName Southern Kuril Islands NERFINISHED
symbolOf postwar territorial loss for Japan
topicOf Northern Territories Day in Japan NERFINISHED
unresolvedIssue Japan–Russia peace treaty NERFINISHED
usedIn Japan’s school education materials

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Kunashir claimedAs Northern Territories by Japan
Shikotan claimedAs Northern Territories by Japan