WorldPutin visits disputed Kuril Islands, prompting Japanese protest
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the far-eastern Kuril Islands near Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido for the first time on Thursday. Tokyo responded with a strong protest over the disputed territory, which Japan claims and the Soviet Union seized in 1945.
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Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands, prompting Japanese protest
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