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- Japan protests Russian missile tests off disputed islands The Straits Times —
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- Russia holds rare missile test near islands claimed by Japan The Straits Times —
- Russia Holds Rare Missile Test Near Islands Claimed by Japan Bloomberg —
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- Putin visits Kuril islands claimed by Japan Channel News Asia —
- Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands France 24 —
- Those who question Kuril Islands’s belonging to face dire consequences — Medvedev TASS —
- Japan condemns visit by Vladimir Putin to disputed Kuril Islands The Guardian —
- Putin’s Visit to Disputed Island Adds to Pressure on Japan Wall Street Journal —
- Russian Missile Drills Stoke Tensions With Japan Wall Street Journal —
- Putin draws Tokyo's ire over 1st visit to contested island Daily Sabah —
- Japan protests as Russia’s Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands Al Jazeera —
Kuril Islands
Island chain located in Northeast Asia administered by Russia
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many minor islets. The Kuril Islands consist of the Greater Kuril Chain and, at the southwest end, the parallel Lesser Kuril Chain. The group termed the 'South Kurils' consists of those of the Lesser Kuril Chain together with Kunashir and Iturup in the Greater Kuril Chain. The Vries Strait between Iturup and Urup forms the Miyabe Line dividing the North and South Kurils. The Kuril Islands cover an area of around 10,503.2 square kilometres (4,055.3 sq mi), with a population of roughly 20,000.
Also known as...
Chishima Islands and Kurile Islands
Russia missile tests near disputed islands anger Japan