Sakhalin and Kurile Islands

Former Japanese islands held by Russia since the end of World War II and claimed by both nations.

The Kurile Islands Dispute - Detailed study of the dispute between Japan and Russia over the islands.
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Kurile Island conflict - Dispute Between Russia and Japan over Sovereignty of Islands - Information and links on the conflict.
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Japanese-Russian Relations and Northeast Asian Security - Transcript of a seminar on Russo-Japanese relations given by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace which discusses the territorial conflict between the two nations.
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Japan-Russia Relations (Territorial Issues) - Article from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the state's claim of the Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands which it refers to as the Northern Territories.
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Secret of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto) - Overview of history and discovery of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto), one of the territories still disputed between Japan and Russia from a Japanese perspective.
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A costly territorial dispute - Analytical article by Otto Latsis of the Russian Journal on Russia's dispute with Japan over the Sakhalin and Kurile Islands.
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