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Voice of Russia November 20, 2009 Japan renews claims to South Kurils The Japanese Cabinet has approved a document confirming Japan’s claims to the South Kurils. The move came at the request of Muneo Suzuki, a prominent MP and head of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Commission. Earlier, he lashed out at Land Infrastructure and Transport Minister Seiji Maehara for saying, during his October trip to Hokkaido, that the disputed South Kurils were under illegal occupation by Russia. Mr. Suzuki described the statement as the wrong signal and a useless outburst of energy. Four islands of the South Kuril Mountain Ridge – Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai – went over to the former USSR as a result of the Second World War. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
