Japan has long been quite cautious about the "four northern islands" issue, and the commonly used definition is disputed, but on March 17, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio publicly accused Russia of "illegal occupation" of the "four northern islands.". The so-called "Four Northern Islands" is also known as the "South Kuril Islands", the Soviet Union at the end of World War II captured the "Northern Four Islands", according to the Agreement of the Second World War, Japan does not have the sovereignty of the "Northern Four Islands", because Japan's territorial scope is limited to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Hokkaido, but with the take-off of the Japanese economy, Japan once again set its sights on the "Northern Four Islands", so there is a contradiction between Japan and Russia.
Now Japan is tough attitude, Kishida Fumio rarely accused Russia of "illegal occupation of the four northern islands", Japan hard bar Russia is russia is in russia and Ukraine fiercely at the time of the war, Japan is taking the opportunity to give Russia a good look, in fact, Japan's action is not only to accuse Russia of "illegal occupation of the four northern islands", but also to Russia for a wide range of sanctions, while providing military assistance to Ukraine, Japan is through the KC-767 air tanker and C-2 large military transport aircraft, The task of delivering military materiel was carried out. Japan, like the United States, adopted a strategy of arch fire after the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, and Japan hoped that Russia would fall into the quagmire of war.
In fact, Japan is not qualified to provoke Russia, because the existing international order is based on the results of World War II, as far as the territorial scope of Japan is concerned, Japan already belongs to the "inch", according to the relevant agreements, Japan does not have control of the Ryukyu Islands, and now Ryukyu is still in Japan's hands, so if Japan launches a provocation on the issue of the "Four Northern Islands", this is a move to challenge the achievements of World War II, so Ryukyu is also to be considered. 202203279/Global Defense Watch/Ali, the United States handed over Ryukyu to Japan out of its own selfishness, which is a private and illegal act because there is no legal basis.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida accused Russia of "illegally occupying the four northern islands" as an act of self-inflicted humiliation, and Japan ignored its status as a defeated country in World War II. During the Second World War, the Soviet Union violently attacked Japan, the capture of the "four northern islands" is a punishment for Japan, and it is in line with the agreement on the territorial scope of Japan formulated at that time, so Japan did not question it for a long time, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, under the influence of geopolitics, Japan began to attack on the "four northern islands" issue, and now Japan has a tough attitude, has defined the "northern four islands" issue as being "illegally occupied" by Russia, which is a big change.
In addition to using military force to approach Japan, Russian President Putin has also ordered the formal establishment of the "South Kuril Islands Special Economic Zone" to attract foreign investment by providing 20 years of tax exemption. In the face of Russia's action on the "four northern islands" issue, Japan did not back down, but openly accused Russia of "illegally occupying the four northern islands", which is to take advantage of russia's attack on Ukraine to carry out a new round of encirclement of Russia, Kishida Fumio's wording is the same as the West accusing Russia of attacking Ukraine, which shows that Kishida Fumio is in the next big game, trying to solve the "northern four islands" problem by means of the Ukrainian crisis, in fact, Japan is thinking too much, because Russia is in the "northern four islands" There will be no concessions on the issue.