KURIL ISLANDS –
Northern Territories of Japan occupied by Russia
Islands
History
The Ainu people inhabited the Kuril Islands from early times, although few records predate the 17th century. From the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period, there were Ezo (Ainu) people called Hinomoto from the Pacific coast of Hokkaido to the Kuril region, and Mr. Ando, the Ezo Sateshiku and Ezo Kanrei, was in charge of this (“Suwa Daimyojin Ekotoba”). It is said that when turmoil broke out on Ezogashima, he dispatched troops from Tsugaru. Its activities include the Kanto Gomensen, which calls itself the Ando Suigun, and is based in Jusanminato (“Kaisen Shikimoku”), supplying Japanese products to Ezo society and purchasing large quantities of northern products and shipping them nationwide. (“Thirteen Streets”).The Matsumae clan, a feudal lord of Japan, became independent from the Ando clan (the family of Goro Ando). The Japanese administration first took nominal control of the islands during the Edo period (1603-1868) in the form of claims by the Matsumae clan. The Shōhō Era Map of Japan (Shōhō kuni ezu (正保国絵図)), a map of Japan made by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1644, shows 39 large and small islands northeast of Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula and Cape Nosappu. At the end of the 19th century Ainu were granted automatic Japanese citizenship. Many Japanese moved onto the Kuril islands. Although not compulsory, education was conducted in Japanese…
Soviet Occupation
The Invasion of the Kuril Islands by Soveits took place between August 18 and September 3.
Japan had announced its surrender August 15, and formally signed it September 2.
International Treaties
No international treaty recognizes the Soviet Union sovereignty over the Kuril Islands.
News
Russia Builds Surveillance Bases on Disputed Kuril Islands to Bolster Military Presence and Counter Japan-US Alliance
Japan-Russia tensions flare over Ukraine war amid decades-long land disputes
Russia to suspend fisheries cooperation with Japan in Kuril Islands area from July 15
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits Kuril Islands
Russia bans Japanese campaign group
Japan claims its sovereignty!
What can you do to support Japan’s sovereignty over Kuril Islands?
History of Kuril islands:
kuril.info/history
Northern Territories website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan:
mofa.go.jp/erp/rss/northern/page1we_000017.html
Wikipedia:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands
Northern Territories website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan:
mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/overview.html
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute
Google News:
news.google.com/search?q=kuril
Russian consulates worldwide: