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Tokyo angered by Japanese visiting disputed Kuril Islands
Published: 26 October, 2010, 12:32
Edited: 29 October, 2010, 16:46
Japan’s government has fiercely condemned two of its citizens for visiting the Southern Kuril Islands on Russian visas. According to Tokyo, obtaining the visas was equal to recognizing Russia’s rule over the islands.
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@Mimi, On what grounds of factual mistakes the rt.com had made in its news report operation. Surely you are not being Ubermensch in your criticism.
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"The Kurils – a volcanic archipelago – stretch across the Pacific Ocean from the Japanese Hokkaido northwards to Kamchatka. While the chain includes over 50 islands, just four are the subject of a 60-year-old row between Moscow and Tokyo: Kunashir, Shikotan, the Khabomai Rocks and Iturup. All of them are under Russian rule, but Japan insists the islands are part of its southernmost territory." Check the map. The islands are NORTH of Japan and called "the Northern Territories" by the Japanese . I have been founding SO many grammar and factual mistakes on RT. I wrote about it before, but your staff responsible, ignored my requests for better editing. RT cannot be taken seriously with material presented like that. This is unprofessional and highly embarrassing.