Japan lays claim to the Russian-held southern Kuril islands that Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, a territorial row that dates back to the end of World War Two when Soviet troops seized them ...

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Then several agreements were attempted: • The San Francisco Peace Treaty (1951): Japan officially renounced its claims to the Kuril Islands and South Sakhalin. But the Soviet Union did not sign ...

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There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

[24] The so-called Northern Territories [25] refer to a set of four islands claimed by Japan but currently administered by Russia, which calls them the Southern Kuril Islands. Located at 44 degrees 6 ...

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

Technically, the hundred-mile-long, 20 mile-wide British overseas territory of South Georgia is uninhabited. Only a few visiting scientists and government fisheries inspectors occupy the island ...

Rising sea levels are a threat to coastal regions everywhere, but especially for islands. No example stands out more than the ...

The GJ-2 unmanned aerial vehicle was observed Wednesday morning and afternoon near Japan’s southernmost islands, including Okinawa, according to a news release that day from Japan’s Joint Staff.