Russia and Japan Clash Over Disputed Islands

The long-simmering dispute between Russia and Japan over the Kuril Islands in the North Pacific flared up on Monday.
Russia and Japan Clash Over Disputed Islands
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a Soviet-era fortification during his visit to Kunashir one of the Kuril Islands on Nov. 1. Medvedev stoked Japan's ire on Monday with a visit to the Kuril Islands, a remote territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Tokyo. Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/KURIL-106412632.jpg" alt="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a Soviet-era fortification during his visit to Kunashir one of the Kuril Islands on Nov. 1. Medvedev stoked Japan's ire on Monday with a visit to the Kuril Islands, a remote territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Tokyo. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)" title="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a Soviet-era fortification during his visit to Kunashir one of the Kuril Islands on Nov. 1. Medvedev stoked Japan's ire on Monday with a visit to the Kuril Islands, a remote territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Tokyo. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1812759"/></a>
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a Soviet-era fortification during his visit to Kunashir one of the Kuril Islands on Nov. 1. Medvedev stoked Japan's ire on Monday with a visit to the Kuril Islands, a remote territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Tokyo. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)
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