Japan claims disputed islands
TOKYO - JAPAN'S parliament on Friday passed a law asserting sovereignty over four islands at the centre of a dispute with Russia, adding to tensions as the countries' leaders prepare to meet.
A law calling the four Kuril islands an 'integral part' of Japan was unanimously passed by the opposition-controlled upper house after the lower house also approved it in May when the bill sparked a protest from Moscow.
The four islets north of Japan's Hokkaido island - called the Southern Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan - have been controlled by Moscow since they were seized by Soviet troops in 1945.
The spat has prevented the two countries from signing a post-World War II peace treaty.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso last month told parliament the islands were illegally occupied by Russia, and Moscow has condemned the lower house vote last month as 'inappropriate and unacceptable'.
The law's passage comes as Aso plans to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit in Italy next week, their second meeting this year.
The law says Japan will 'make the utmost efforts to realise the early return of the islands, which are an integral part of our country'.
It also aims to promote visa-free exchange programmes between the island's Russian residents and their Japanese former inhabitants and their families.
No breakthroughs were achieved at Medvedev's last meeting with Aso or in talks Aso held with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last month. -- AFP
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July 4 2009, 2:37 AM
Who cares what they call it? I can call Australia "Rusland", doesnt mean it will change anything.
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July 4 2009, 2:39 AM
the Kurils are the last good commercial fishing spot in the Pacific the Japs, Koreans and Chinese havent raped silly of their fish. You asians love seafood, we get it, but turning the whole ocean into a desert aint smart. They only really want the islands to get the fish. Sushi is delicious, but this sushi is Russian
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July 4 2009, 2:46 AM
Its funny that the japs whine about the occupation being illegal, since the agreement talked of keeping the borders demilitarized. And yet the border with Manchuria was getting more and more active, and the japs on more than 1 occasion violated Soviet air space.
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July 4 2009, 2:49 AM
"They only really want the islands to get the fish."
They want it for development.
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July 4 2009, 2:55 AM
Tell the japs to FVCK OFF Dirty c,unts always want to drain all the fish they can have from the seas
There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue
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I am sure Japanese people are much smarter and much more hard working people than lazy drunk Ruskies ... Japanese would manage fishery management much much and much and again much better than drunk Ruskies ....
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July 4 2009, 7:04 AM
"I am sure Japanese people are much smarter and much more hard working people than lazy drunk Ruskies ... Japanese would manage fishery management much much and much and again much better than drunk Ruskies ...."
Dude what on earth are you on? The Japs have raped New Zealand waters. Why do you think the RNZN is investing in a higher number of patrol vessels? It is mainly because of japanese encroachment in NZ waters.
Where in NZ do you live? I was raised in Wairoa. For a kiwi you are not the sharpest knife in the draw.
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I don't think you understand .... how bad Ruskies are ....
I am not supporting Jsapanese at all, I don't like them, but they are much much better than Ruskies
do you know what ... if japanese tonight were withdrawing all uridashi bonds .. our Kiwi dollars would be worthless and the interest rate would be like 30-40% and our economy for sure would collapse.
I've never heard Japanese fishermen stealing fish from NZ water
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"Where in NZ do you live? I was raised in Wairoa. For a kiwi you are not the sharpest knife in the draw. "
I am living in Hutt Valley, Wellington. ohhh well, I don't know about that, I may not the sharpest knive, but for sure sharper than you
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July 4 2009, 11:56 AM
Where in NZ do you live? I was raised in Wairoa. For a kiwi you are not the sharpest knife in the draw.
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fyi .. he is a pisslamic illegal refugee .. so ashamed of his real identity that he has joined a new group ..
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July 4 2009, 12:48 PM
Figures a muzzy would pretend to be neutral Kiwi, use for his log-in name AntiTerror13 and then use these ruses of perception to slag off the kuffars from an auroa of fake neutrality. Russia is one of the biggest muslim slaying nations of the planet. No nation can say they have liberated as much once muslim territory as Russia throughout the centuries, and also I am sure there is more to come.
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July 4 2009, 12:49 PM
The Japanese were the first Asians to win against a modern European Army, after that the Japanese defeated the Russians several times but in WWII the Russians came back and won several times against the Japanese. It's time to settle this once and for all, and to stop the whining, who's better Japan or Russia? The fight is on.
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July 4 2009, 2:42 PM
you russians can talk all you like, a few decades and no more
russian crap to wory about, your falling apart even as we speak,
central asia will in only a matter of time turn completly to the asian/Chinese and there aint squote you can do about it
the last time before ww2, one on one with the Japs saw your arses kicked all over the place
remember vodka boys, no gulaags = no military power, and you have no money(apart from oil, whch you dont have in own borders) will be gone and washed up sooner than you can say 'holy sweet mother of god'
dont start/respomd to a war you guys would clearly lose, russia cant even field and feed an army at the same time, hell you had to bomb Chchneya to the ground in order to call it a victory, without nukes your a 3rd world military
The Turks can, they just can!
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July 4 2009, 3:25 PM
you'd better shuuuut upppp stupid uneducated slum hairy indian, we are not talking about insignificant indian here
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July 4 2009, 4:59 PM
no wonder why yous get belted in Australia acting all tough and cocky think they are to smart then they get there heads bashed in then just get dumber every day
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July 4 2009, 6:24 PM
I actualy Know about the Fishing Industry, as I have relatives in it, The FN japanese koreans et all are literaly destroying the fishing industry in open waters, the closest comparisson would be strip mining, well Jap and orean Boats "strip fish" the seas, No fish is safe from them.
The Russians stick to their side of the bearing sea.
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July 4 2009, 10:34 PM
"that's one of the reason india is so insignificant, really so dumb and slum"
and what exactly has new zealand natives done as a contribution to humankind
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program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for
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July 6 2009, 12:57 PM
The Japanese sure are fish crazy.
Dont they have the the dubious record for the highest number of whale hunting by a country? They are followed by Norway i think. PETA will have a field day in Japan, LOL!!!
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