Showing posts with label Kurile Islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kurile Islands. Show all posts

Thursday, December 1, 2022

About 500 Japanese Nationals Rally In Tokyo To Reclaim Southern Kuril Islands

Southern Kuril Islands

About 500 Japanese nationals, including former residents of the Kuril Islands and Hokkaido administration officials, took part in a rally held in Tokyo to reclaim the Russian-controlled Southern Kuril islands, which Japan refers to as its Northern Territories, media reported on Thursday.

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Former Japanese residents of Kurile Islands make trip to visit ancestors’ graves

Kurile Islands
A chartered flight took a group of Japanese from the city of Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido prefecture, to Russia on Saturday so that they could visit their ancestors’ graves on the Kurile Islands, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.