Kuril islands
The Kuril Islands
Japan
The Kuril Islands are the islands that Russia controls northeast of Japan. The Kuril Islands are officially under the Russian jurisdiction.
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The islands of Japan are situated between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The Sea of Japan separates Japan from South Korea, North Korea, and Russia.
The Kuril Islands are under the jurisdiction of Russia. However, Japan still has a claim to the four most southern islands.
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None. Japan is a series of islands. The nearest countries are South Korea and Russia.
Japan has an ongoing dispute with Russia over some of the Kuril Islands since 1945.
Japans main Northern Island is called Hokkaido ____ Directly north of Japan is Sakhalin Island which belongs to Russia and the Sea of Okhotsk. To the north east of Japan is an archipelago of islands called the Kiril Islands which is still in dispute between Russia and Japan from WW2. The archipelago leads up to the Kamchatka Peninsula which is a part of the Russian mainland.