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	Kuril Islands dispute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		And Article 2 of an earlier (1855) Russo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation (the Treaty of Shimoda), which provided for an agreement on borders, states "Henceforth the boundary between the two nations shall lie between the islands of Etorofu and Uruppu.
		The whole of Etorofu shall belong to Japan; and the Kurile Islands, lying to the north of and including Uruppu, shall belong to Russia." Note that Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomais Islands are not explicitly mentioned in the treaty.
		The Soviet-Japanese joint declaration of 1956 signed by the USSR and Japan promised at least Shikotan and the Habomais to be returned to Japan before a peace agreement could be made.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuril_Islands_Dispute (567 words)

	Japan Focus
		Asked at San Francisco to define the territory of the Kurils, he said only that the Habomais might be excluded (at the time there were suggestions that Shikotan might be part of the Kurils).
		Matsumoto says that when he began the talks in London in June 1955 his brief was simply to demand the return of the Habomais and Shikotan on the grounds that before 1945 the two territories had administratively been part of Hokkaido rather than the Kurils.
		The Soviet side rejected this demand, saying both territories were included in the Kurils promised to Moscow at Yalta in February 1945 as a condition for Moscow entering the war against Japan (in Russia, the two territories were called the Lesser Kurils).
	japanfocus.org /products/details/2018 (1936 words)

	www.rian.ru
		The Soviet Union acquired the four Kuril Islands, Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai, in 1945.
		According to the 1951 peace treaty that Japan concluded with the allies, the former renounced all rights and claims to Southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.
		In 1956, the USSR and Japan signed a joint declaration which stipulated for the disputed group being divided between the two nations, Russia keeping the two northernmost islands and ceding Shikotan and the Habomais to Japan if the two countries signed a peace treaty.
	en.rian.ru /russia/20050917/41424965-print.html (205 words)

	Jacek Palkiewicz :: traveler, explorer
		During these negotiations, Japan reportedly claimed territorial rights to Etorofu, Kunashir, Shikotan, and Habomai, and demanded the return of these islands, but the position maintained by the Soviet Union was that they would return Shikotan and Habomai, but could not return Etorofu and Kunashir.
		This treaty stipulates in Article 9 that after diplomatic relations have been established, the peace treaty negotiations shall be continued and the Soviet Union shall hand over the Habomai and Shikotan Islands to Japan after the conclusion of a peace treaty, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
		Furthermore, in the Communique, it was agreed that the peace treaty should be the document marking the final resolution of war-related issues, including the territorial issue and that work to conclude the preparation of a peace treaty would be accelerated.
	www.palkiewicz.com /ekspedycje/index.php?p=kuryle (3124 words)

	The Hindu : Talks with Putin could still save Mori
		The Japan-Russia dispute involves Japan's claims to what it calls the Northern Territories, Etorofu, Kunashiri and Shikotan islands and the Habomai group of islets, that were seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II.
		Both leaders are to issue an Irkutsk Declaration, on top of others, as a basis for negotiations, either for a peace treaty, or a peace treaty based on resolution of the territorial dispute.
		The new twist is the Russian shift to allow in the Irkutsk Declaration, the inclusion of the 1956 joint declaration to be mentioned as one of the bases for a solution.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2001/03/25/stories/0325000c.htm (684 words)

	Kyodo News - Story
		Yuri Island, one of the Habomai islets, is with three other islands -- Kunashiri, Etorofu and Shikotan -- the focus of an unresolved territorial row between Japan and Russia.
		Hirotoshi Kawada, 72, who left Taraku Island in the Habomai group shortly after the end of the war at the age of 11, said, ''The national movement to reclaim the four islands has died down due to the lack of sufficient policies by the two governments.''
		He said all place names in the Kurils are from the Ainu language, with Habomai meaning ''mother place,'' Shikotan ''land with big communities,'' Kunashiri ''island that looks fl,'' and Etorofu ''island with many capes,'' clearly indicating their indigenousness.
	home.kyodo.co.jp /modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=275471 (1288 words)

	Congressional Research Service
		More importantly, the Japanese have consistently denied any justification for the Soviet seizure of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomais, arguing that these islands had never been part of Russian territory before 1945, and that Shikotan and the Habomais had always been regarded as part of Hokkaido.
		The closest of the Habomais is only two miles from Hokkaido.
		In October 1956, when diplomatic relations were finally restored between the two countries, Moscow indicated willingness to transfer Shikotan and the Habomais to Japan after the conclusion of a formal peace treaty.
	www.fas.org /man/crs/92-7-28.htm (4353 words)

	Congressional Research Service
		The closest of the Habomais are only 2-3 miles from Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands.
		In 1956, when the U.S.S.R. and Japan were negotiating a bilateral settlement of issues connected to the Second World War, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles secretly intervened to block a territorial compromise and a possible political rapprochement.
		In the bilateral talks, Moscow had pledged to return Shikotan and the Habomais to Japan after the signing of a formal peace treaty, if Japan renounced claims to Iturup and Kunashir.
	www.fas.org /man/crs/93-312f.htm (6307 words)

	Kuril_islands_dispute info here at en.athletic-coaching-salaries.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The concentrated of Etorofu shall exist to Japan; and the Kurile Islands, lying to the north of and along with Uruppu, shall exist to Russia." Note that Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomais Islands aren't explicitly mentioned in the treaty.
		As of 2006, Russia's Putin government has tendered Japan the recompense of Shikotan and the Habomais (about 6% of the disputed area) if Japan renounce its moose pastures to the fresh two islands.
		The Soviet-Japanese concerted declaration of 1956 badged by the USSR and Japan promised at niggling Shikotan and the Habomais to be returned to Japan before a peace acknowledging could be made.
	en.athletic-coaching-salaries.info /Kuril_Islands_dispute (529 words)

	Kuril Islands dispute xmpg.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		- the Habomai rocks in both Russian (Хабомай) and Japanese (歯舞群島) The dispute results from an ambiguity over the Treaty of San Francisco (1951).
		Under Article 2c), Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kuril Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth of 5 September 1905.
		The whole of Etorofu shall belong to Japan; and the Kurile Islands, lying to the north of and including Uruppu, shall belong to Russia." Note that Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomai s Islands are not explicitly mentioned in the treaty.
	kuril.islands.dispute.en.xmpg.org (431 words)

	Russian president`s Japan visit postponed over disputed islands policy - Kyodo - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The decision was made just before the 14 March presidential election in which Putin won a second four-year term in a landslide victory, the sources said.
		Japan has long called for the return of the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri and Shikotan and the Habomai islets, all seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II, that are the subject of the territorial row.
		Russia intends to settle the dispute in line with the 1956 Japan-Soviet declaration in which Russia pledged to return the Habomais and Shikotan once a peace treaty is signed.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_233393.php (442 words)

	Japan Focus
		The fact is, however, that the U.S. supported the Japanese position that the Habomai islands were not part of the Kuriles.
		Having proposed to the Soviet Union at the Yalta Conference in 1945 that if it joined the war against Japan the Kurile Islands would be recognized as Soviet territory, at the San Francisco Peace Conference the U.S. leaned towards the Soviet position on the issue of the Northern Territories.
		The view existed in Japanese political circles that not only Habomai and Shikotan, but also the two “Southern Kurile Islands” of Kunashiri and Etorofu were actually separate from the Kurile Islands referred to in the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and that these should be recognized by the world as Japanese territory.
	japanfocus.org /products/details/2250 (3529 words)

	ProKarelia
		However, the South Kuriles/Northern Territories (Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai group), now under Russian sovereignty, are still claimed by both conflicting parties neither of which is ready for compromise acceptable to the opposite party.
		However on September 2, 1945, Soviet troops occupied Shikotan and Habomai group, the islands which were geographically and politically not part of the Kuril archipelago.
		Russian administration and population were to remain on Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomais for an indefinite period of time.
	www.prokarelia.net /en/?x=article&article_id=600&author=62 (7472 words)

	THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE "TIGER LIL"STORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One American was lost but 10 crewmen parachuted to safety in the vicinity of Nemuro on the northeastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main Island.
		In the announcement, Japan also claims sovereignty over the Habomais, a chain of six small Islands now occupied by Soviet troops.
		It was the first time since the war that Japan officially claimed the Habomais.
	www.b-29s-over-korea.com /Tiger_Lil_FinalChapter/Tiger_Lil_FinalChapter03.html (360 words)

	: CERC
		Furthermore, concerning the two smaller islands, Shikotan and the Habomais islets, it has been argued that since the 1956 Joint Declaration was ratified by the USSR Supreme Soviet, their return does not require approval by referendum.
		Regardless of the debates in Japan concerning the legality of the dispute, the dominance of anti-Yeltsin deputies in the Russian Duma, should the government decide to return any of the four islands in the near future, would make ratification of such an agreement highly unlikely.
		This stipulated that Shikotan and Habomais were to be handed over to Japan upon the signing of a peace treaty with further talks to determine the fate of the two remaining islands.
	www.cerc.unimelb.edu.au /bulletin/aug98.htm (6624 words)

	Ex-residents want Russian-held isles back
		Japanese who used to live on the islands of Shikotan, Kunashiri and Etorofu and the Habomai islets will only accept the total return of the territories from Russia, not just two of the islands as Moscow is proposing, according to Toshio Koizumi, chairman of a group of former islanders.
		This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Shimoda Treaty, in which the two countries drew their common border between Etorofu Island and Uruppu Island in the Russian Kurils.
		Koizumi of the advocacy group nonetheless says he hopes the dispute will make a big step forward toward resolution when Putin, who reportedly is eager to resolve the row, comes to Japan.
	www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=11881 (576 words)

	South Kuriles/Northern Territories: A Stumbling-block in Russia-Japan Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However South Kuriles/Northern Territories (Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai group) now under Russian sovereignty, are still claimed by both conflicting parties none of which ready for compromise acceptable to the opposite party.
		However on 2 September 1945 Soviet troops occupied Shikotan and Habomai group, the islands that both geographically and politically were not part of Kuril archipelago.
		The position of official Tokyo was not subject to any major changes although some political parties surprisingly including the Socialist party and the communists, demanded not only the return of Kunashiri, Etorofu and the Habomais but all the Kuriles insisting on the border as of the treaty of St. Petersburg (1875).
	www.cancaps.ca /andersen.html (6839 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Following talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and her Russian counterpart, Ivan Ivanov, in Tokyo last month, Japanese officials announced that the two governments had agreed to a two-track formula for the return of the Kuril islands, which were seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.
		According to Japanese officials, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed in principle to use the two-track approach during their meeting on the sidelines of last October's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shanghai.
		In recent years, however, Japan has been insisting that the two-track formula was based on the 1956 Japan-Soviet joint declaration that stipulates Moscow would return Shikotan and the Habomais after concluding a peace treaty with Tokyo.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/230302/editor.htm (2548 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		For example, in both 1955 and 1956 Tokyo was on the point of reaching a closed-door compromise settlement of its nagging territorial dispute with Moscow.
		Tokyo would receive two of the four disputed island territories (Shikotan and the Habomais), ie, it would accept continued Soviet control of the larger islands of Etorufu and Kunashiri, over which Japan had specifically renounced all right and title under the 1951 San Francisco peace agreement (but to which in 1953 it revived a claim).
		Both times Japan's hardliners were able to drag the compromise agreements into the light of media and right-wing scrutiny.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/HB01Ad01.html (2442 words)

	USSR and Eastern Europe
		The reversion to Japan of two other islands -Kunashiri and Etorufo- has been subjected to peace treaty negotiations under the talks on normalization of bilateral ties, the Matsumoto-Gromyko letters and provisions of the Joint Declaration.
		The confirmation came after the Soviet Union's promise to return the Habomais and Shikotan Island to Japan after the conclusion of the peace treaty, and so, reaffirmed the agreement in the 1956 Joint Declaration to discuss the reversion to Japan of Kunashiri and Etorofu Islands as well as peace treaty negotiations.
		Japanese visits to graves were also made for Karafuto from late July to early August and to the Soviet mainland in September.
	www.mofa.go.jp /policy/other/bluebook/1987/1987-3-6.htm (1705 words)

	About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A flotilla of 333 Japanese fishing boats set off from Nemuro, Hokkaido, for waters around Kaigarajima island, one of the Russian held Habomai group of islets, for this year's kelp harvest.
		Some 124 million yen is expected to be paid this year for the kelp harvest, which ends Sept. 30, according to local fisheries officials.
		The Habomais, Kunashiri, Shikotan and Etorofu islands off Hokkaido were seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.
	www.boat-bonanza.info /aboutus.html (531 words)

	Japan, Russia 'completely opposite' on isle dispute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MOSCOW (Kyodo) Japan and Russia remained far apart over a decades-old territorial dispute, the foreign ministers of both countries said Friday as they wrapped up their talks.
		Japan has demanded that Russia return Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islets -- all of which were seized by Soviet troops in the closing days of World War II.
		But Putin dismissed Japan's claim of sovereignty over all the islands last month, indicating he regards the territorial issue as involving only Shikotan and the Habomais in line with a 1956 Japan-Soviet joint declaration.
	www.crisscross.com /forum/m_335661/printable.htm (1627 words)

	FoodMarket.com - Daily Industry News Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the meeting in Tokyo, Koizumi proposed to Putin that Japan and Russia jointly carry out an aquaculture project, for instance, by making use of fishery resources in waters around the small islands off Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, diplomatic sources said.
		The four islands--Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and the Habomais-- were seized by Soviet troops following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in World War II in August 1945, and are now claimed by both Japan and Russia.
		Koizumi and Putin, in Monday's talks, failed to make progress in solving the territorial row, which has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to formally end their wartime hostilities.
	news.seafoodnet.com /newsopen.asp?key=282809 (289 words)

	Russian Officials Accuse the Japanese of Poaching - They reject Japan’s allegations over the killing of the Japanese ...
		Previous warnings were accompanied by the demand to implement stronger more efficient controls by the Japanese authorities, yet all of them were ignored by the latter.
		The 4.9-ton No. 31 Kisshin Maru fishing boat, which was catching piles of crabs, was seized in the waters around Kaigara Island, which is part of the Habomais group of smaller isles that were taken under Russian control by the Soviet Army, immediately after the Second World War.
		According to the Russians, the boat had no identification or lights and attempted to run from the scene when it learnt that it had been discovered, disregarding the fact that the Russian patrol had ordered it to stop.
	news.softpedia.com /news/Russian-Officials-Accuse-the-Japanese-of-Poaching-33037.shtml (494 words)

	IKIP: Proposal: Rationale & Scope
		All have been collected from only a single island (Kunashir) except for one of the frogs (Rana chensinensis David), which is also known to occur on Shikotan and on Zelionyi and Tanfileva (small islets of the Habomai group).
		comm., 14 May 1993) to as high as 280 on the southern islands alone (Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan, and the Habomais).
		Our efforts will be directed toward building a definitive list of species, but also toward discovering critical habitats used as molting or migratory staging areas.
	artedi.fish.washington.edu /okhotskia/ikip/Proposal/scope.html (2373 words)

	IKIP: Proposal: Intro
		The central zone (Lovushki to Simushir) has the poorest vegetation, some of the smaller members consisting of little more than rocky protuberances that support only lichens, mosses, and a few species of bushes.
		The southern zone (Urup to Kunashir and the Habomais) possesses a relatively rich flora due to warm ocean currents and abundant rainfall; in addition to coniferous and mixed forests of birch and spruce, there are linden, ash, oak, and maple trees in protected pockets.
		Plants normally associated with more temperate regions make unexpected appearances on the southern Kurils.
	artedi.fish.washington.edu /okhotskia/ikip/Proposal/introd.html (1182 words)

	Asia Cable: Guide to "Insignificant Islands"
		This dispute involves four islands in the southern chain of the Kuril islands.
		They include the islands of Etorofu, Kunishiri, Shikotan and the Habomai rocks, collectively known as the “Northern Territories” in Japan.
		The first two are fairly substantial islands, and the Russians maintained an air base on Etorofu until recently.
	asiacable.blogspot.com /2005/04/guide-to-insignificant-islands.html (5599 words)

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