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The Frozen North: Negotiations on the Northern Territories at a Standstill

  • The February 2024 Nemuro convention demanding the return of the Northern Territories. (Courtesy of Nemuro City Council).

    The February 2024 Nemuro convention demanding the return of the Northern Territories. (Courtesy of Nemuro City Council).

  • The Northern Territories

    The Northern Territories

  • Prime Minister Abe (left) shakes hands with President Vladimir Putin on June 29, 2019, in Osaka. (© Jiji Press)

    Prime Minister Abe (left) shakes hands with President Vladimir Putin on June 29, 2019, in Osaka. (© Jiji Press)

  • Prime Minister Abe talks with former residents of the Northern Territories at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, December 2016. Waki Kimio is second from left. (© Jiji)

    Prime Minister Abe talks with former residents of the Northern Territories at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, December 2016. Waki Kimio is second from left. (© Jiji)

  • Lighthouse on Kaigara Island displaying the Russian flag in July 2023. The walls were painted white and a Russian Orthodox cross and other symbols were displayed as a show of control. (Left photo © Itazawa Naoki, a third-generation former resident of Kunashiri living in Nemuro; right photo courtesy of another Nemuro resident)

    Lighthouse on Kaigara Island displaying the Russian flag in July 2023. The walls were painted white and a Russian Orthodox cross and other symbols were displayed as a show of control. (Left photo © Itazawa Naoki, a third-generation former resident of Kunashiri living in Nemuro; right photo courtesy of another Nemuro resident)

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