Northern Territories dispute

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The Northern Territories dispute is a long-standing territorial conflict between Japan and Russia over a group of islands northeast of Hokkaido, which has prevented the two countries from signing a formal World War II peace treaty.

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Label Occurrences
Northern Territories dispute canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border dispute ⓘ
international dispute ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
concernsArchipelago Kuril Islands ⓘ
concernsIslands Habomai Islands ⓘ
Iturup ⓘ
Kunashir ⓘ
Shikotan ⓘ
concernsRegion Northern Territories ⓘ
hasClaimant Government of Japan ⓘ
Government of Russia ⓘ
hasImpactOn Japan–Russia relations ⓘ
energy cooperation between Japan and Russia ⓘ
fisheries access ⓘ
security in Northeast Asia ⓘ
hasProposedSolution joint economic activities on disputed islands ⓘ
return of some islands to Japan ⓘ
involvesCountry Japan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
involvesSuccessorStateOf Soviet Union ⓘ
JapanClaims sovereignty over Habomai Islands ⓘ
sovereignty over Iturup ⓘ
sovereignty over Kunashir ⓘ
sovereignty over Shikotan ⓘ
legalReference Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration of 1956 ⓘ
San Francisco Peace Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) ⓘ
Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
Yalta Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Yalta Conference
locatedInBodyOfWater Northwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
locatedNortheastOf Hokkaido ⓘ
negotiatedBy Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
otherName Japan–Russia territorial dispute ⓘ
Kuril Islands dispute ⓘ
Northern Territories issue ⓘ
Northern Territories problem ⓘ
prevents formal World War II peace treaty between Japan and Russia ⓘ
relatedEvent Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese War of 1945 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
RussiaControls Habomai Islands ⓘ
Iturup ⓘ
Kunashir ⓘ
Shikotan ⓘ
startedInPeriod end of World War II ⓘ
status unresolved ⓘ
timePeriod post-1945 era ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuril Islands → disputeKnownAs → Northern Territories dispute ⓘ
Shikotan → partOfDispute → Northern Territories dispute ⓘ
Japan–Soviet relations → mainDispute → Northern Territories dispute ⓘ