Tag: Kuril Islands
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The Kuril Islands: A New Vulnerability in an Already Fragile Region
The Kuril Islands Conflict, also known as the Northern Territories Conflict in Japan, concerns the sovereignty of the four southernmost Kuril Islands, which are under dispute between Japan and the Russian Federation. The Kuril Islands are a group of islands located between the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula in the north and the Japanese island of Hokkaido…