Japan has declared today that the southern Kurils is their sovereign territory
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#2Didn't they always (well, since WW2) consider southern Kurils their territory occupied by Russia? Has anything changed in their messaging?
Re: Japan has declared today that the southern Kurils is their sovereign territory
#3Didn't they always (well, since WW2) consider southern Kurils their territory occupied by Russia? Has anything changed in their messaging?
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Re: Japan has declared today that the southern Kurils is their sovereign territory
#4Didn't they always (well, since WW2) consider southern Kurils their territory occupied by Russia? Has anything changed in their messaging?
Yes, it looks like Japanese government just reminded about the position they always had that southern Kurils were occupied by Russia illegally. But the timing of the reminder is interesting.
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#6With so much of their military tied up in the boondoggle on their western front I guess now would be the perfect time to pounce on disputed territory. Knowing your enemy distracted.
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#7Many people are tempted to compare the claim to the Russian argument in Dombass: it’s a much smaller claim (20k inhabitants), a consistent one since 1945. The population is notoriously isolated, too.
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#8tl:dr - Nothing New. The message has been the same since WWII.
Just an opportunity to remind the world about it while Russia is getting all the negative press. It wouldn't even beep in the world of PR if they had said it any other time.
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#9Russian Migs to "accidentally" cross into Japanese airspace in 3 days...
Edit: Of course as follow-up to this accidental event of 6 days ago...
"Japan says Russian helicopter violated airspace, scrambles fighter jet"
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/03/02/japan-rus...
Re: Japan has declared today that the southern Kurils is their sovereign territory
#10With so much of their military tied up in the boondoggle on their western front I guess now would be the perfect time to pounce on disputed territory. Knowing your enemy distracted.
Thankfully, Article 9 is still in Japan's constitution, so it's very unlikely that any action would happen.
Just rolling back to pre-2018 status quo, before Japan was seemingly willing to resolve the dispute at last.