{"id":42894,"date":"2026-08-13T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42894"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:03:46","slug":"russias-putin-visits-japan-claimed-islands-for-first-time-tokyo-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42894","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Putin visits Japan-claimed islands for first time; Tokyo protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aug 13 (Reuters) &#8211; Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain \u200cnear the island of Hokkaido, Russian media said on Thursday, \u200ca day after major naval drills and a missile firing by ally North Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moscow \u200band Tokyo never signed a formal World War Two peace treaty as the main hurdle was the unresolved territorial dispute over the islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the trip, which state news agency \u200cTASS described as Putin&#8217;s \u2060first in person to the island chain, he visited the Yasny fish-processing plant on Iturup, after overseeing \u2060the navy drills in Russia&#8217;s far east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Japan&#8217;s foreign minister protested against Putin&#8217;s visit on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The northern territories, including Etorofu, are Japan&#8217;s inherent territory both \u200bhistorically and \u200bbased on international law,&#8221; said \u200bToshimitsu Motegi. &#8220;Japan strongly protests this \u200cvisit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vesti TV channel images showed Putin in a dark suit, standing in a room looking at two large tuna and halibut on a table, as two officials spoke about fishing and the migratory behaviour of fish. He also stopped to try local fish roe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;What lovely \u200cweather you have there, just like \u200ba resort!&#8221; Putin told a group of \u200bIturup locals. &#8220;And we thought you \u200barranged this!&#8221; a woman, who appeared to be \u200cin her 30s, joked back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The visit \u200bfollows Wednesday&#8217;s firing \u200bof a ballistic missile by ally North Korea, towards waters off the east of the Korean peninsula, days ahead of \u200bmajor joint military exercises \u200cby Seoul and Washington long denounced by Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Jekater\u012bna \u200bGolubkova, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Kantaro Komiya in Tokyo; Editing \u200bby Jacqueline Wong and Clarence Fernandez)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 13 (Reuters) &#8211; Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain \u200cnear the island of Hokkaido, Russian media said on Thursday, \u200ca day after major naval drills and a missile firing by ally North Korea. 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