Japan protested from celebrating on the Kuril Islands after the Second world war
Tokyo through diplomatic channels protested to Moscow over events in honor of the end of world war II in the South Kuril Islands, which the Japanese call the Islands the " Northern territories ".
about it said the Secretary General of the government, Yoshihide Suga.
according to his statement, these actions of the capital of Russia "does not coincide with the position of "Tokyo" are unacceptable." The problem of the Kuril Islands
Relations between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty. Tokyo claims the Islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. On the Japanese Islands hoping to resolve the territorial problem, by promoting economic Relations in pairs of countries, as well as among them through reciprocal economic activities on Southern Kuriles. The return of the 4 Islands before Tokyo made it a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Moscow, which at the end of the Second world war and was not signed.
in 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a joint Declaration in which Moscow has agreed to take steps to transfer to Japan the Habomai and Shikotan after the conclusion of a peace Treaty, and the issue of ownership of the Kunashir and Iturup are not affected. The USSR hoped that the Joint Declaration will put an end to the dispute, Japan is considered a document only part of the settlement, without abandoning claims to all the Islands.