Soviet-Japanese Declaration (1956): The USSR agreed to return the Habomai and Shikotan islands to Japan after signing a peace treaty. But the treaty was never concluded, and later, the Soviet ...

Russia’s prosecutor general on April 21 announced that it had designated the league of residents of Chishima and Habomai islands as “an undesirable organization.” It was the first time any ...

After the end of World War II, the Kuril Islands were incorporated into the Soviet Union. However, the ownership of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai Islands has been challenged by Japan.

The agreement states that the islands of Habomai and Shikotan are to be handed over to Japan upon the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries. Japan says there is no change to its ...

From bases in the tiny Habomai and Shikotan islands, only two miles off Hokkaido, Soviet patrol boats steam out at unpredictable intervals, seize from 50 to 100 Japanese fishing boats a year on ...

However, the ownership of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan Islands and the Habomai Islands has been challenged by Japan. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly said that Russia’s sovereignty over ...

By September 5th, the Soviets occupied Etorofu, Kunashiri and two more islands -- Shikotan and Habomai. Masayuki Ichinohe was visiting from Hakodate City in Hokkaido. The 55-year-old said his ...

Japan resurrected a tougher stance over the disputed Northern Territories at its annual rally to demand Russia return the four islands off ... that stated only the Habomai islets and Shikotan ...

Second, in relation to the southern Chishima Islands (Etorofu and Kunashiri), and the Habomai and Shikotan Islands, the unilateral proposal made by Japan that it would not claim that the ...