# Putin’s Kuril Islands visit hinders normalization of Russia-Japan ties, PM says

https://mins.news/en/item/21145

- TASS, 2026-08-13 10:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2172359

> Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iturup had complicated the medium- and long-term restoration of relations between Tokyo and Moscow. Japan summoned Russia’s ambassador and strongly protested, maintaining that Iturup and the other Northern Territories are inherently Japanese territory.

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