Now that the world is in the early autumn of many events, Russia and Ukraine, two countries have been scorched by the war, but at this more critical moment, in addition to the sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries on Russia, Japan is also attacking Russia.
The southern islands of the Kuril Islands, which originally belonged to Russia, have been sought back by Japan many times.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency, the so-called northern territories of the Japanese government are actually the Kuril Islands belonging to Russia, but in the course of diplomacy, Japan has repeatedly stated that Russia is "illegally occupying" them.
After World War II, the Japanese government was a defeated country, and the South Kuril Islands were occupied by the Soviet Union.
Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the control of the South Kuril Islands still belonged to Russia, and Japan directly ignored the post-war treaty, always believing that this part of the land occupied by Russia was theirs and always wanted to get it back.
According to reports in May 2024, Russia intends to establish an observation post of the Russian army on this land as a way to maintain the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the island.
Japan has been staring at this land for a long time, and has also used the excuse that the aborigines of this area want to go to the sacrifice, and ran into the territory that now belongs to Russia, but Russia of course does not agree, and in order to dispel the Japanese side's thoughts, Russia has also made many relevant reactions.
In 2022, Russia launched a special military operation against a number of regions, and thousands of Russian servicemen conducted military exercises in the South Kuril Islands and flexed their muscles in various ways. This can always stop some of the Japanese side's ideas, right?
In June 2022, Russia began to suspend fishing cooperation with Japan, and Russia also banned Japanese fishermen from fishing in the waters of their own territory.
Out of sight and out of mind, it's always okay, right?
However, Russia and Japan have been quarreling over related issues since the last century, and many agreements have been drawn up based on fishing activities, and at that time, Japanese fishermen were able to fish within the territory under Russia's jurisdiction, and some of Japan's actions made the Russian side feel uncomfortable, and even the cooperation negotiations collapsed.
After the collapse of cooperation talks, it is equivalent to the two countries have completely come to the opposite point of some contradictory issues, and Russia's attitude has become tougher, according to the reports of overseas networks and global networks, Russia has expressed dissatisfaction with Japan's behavior of provoking the South Kuril Islands, until it directly became a matter of exemption from discussion in 2023.
Russia took action directly, and since Japan always wants to return its own land, then Russia will start to do something big in the South Kuril Islands.
In 2022, the Russian side said that they want to use the South Kuril Islands for tourism and development, and these privileges are all owned by the Russian side, and the Russian side also emphasized that they are doing this not to demonstrate their sovereignty, but to show that the Russian side is based on the consideration of the Russian people for the development of the South Kuril Islands.
In addition to developing the archipelago as a special economic zone, Russia began to draw a stroke in a small book of grudges, listing Japan, which was working against him, as an unfriendly country, and the cooperation was gone, and it was also written down, and the people of the South Kuril Islands are still willing to advance and retreat with the Russian side, and the matter should end here, right?
However, no, the Japanese are persistent, and sometimes they are quite persevering, and they have been making trouble since the last century, so how can they stop now?
In 2023, the Japanese Prime Minister went to Tokyo to hold a meeting to recover the South Kuril Islands, and the Japanese set up a Northern Territories Day specifically for the recovery of the South Kuril Islands.
On the Japanese side, this activity is in full swing, and the Russian side has not made a little movement, they have held a meeting to demand the recapture of the territory, and the Russian side has directly set up observation posts on the islands, not afraid of thieves, afraid of thieves, thieves have already been worried about this, and it is necessary to make some emergency measures.
First of all, the Russian side is currently setting up an observation post in the area of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet, so if the Japanese side once again maintains an antagonistic view with Russia on this issue, they are afraid that they will have to make some even greater moves.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency, the Russian ambassador to Japan said in an interview on May 9 that the Japanese side has an extremely pathological attachment to Russian territory.
The fact that the Japanese side did not think to do it according to the rules and regulations of the land that had been written and divided in the contract was in itself a violation of international law, and the Russian side did not make any drastic moves, but only reacted and observed accordingly.
At present, although there is a lot of movement in this matter, there has not really been any major contradictions and frictions, but if the Japanese side makes a corresponding military response to Russia's act of establishing an observation post in the future, I am afraid that Russia will also take corresponding measures.
Information sources:
Overseas Network2022-04-26 - Japan Says Russia "Illegally" Occupies Disputed Territory Russia Responds: Will Increase Investment and Development This is Russian territory
Global Network2023-02-07 - Kishida said that it adheres to the policy of concluding a peace treaty with Russia after resolving territorial disputes, and Russia previously said that it would "avoid talks"
National Business Daily 2024-05-04 - Russia's latest move! The Russian military is setting up an observation post on this archipelago in the Pacific Fleet's area of responsibility
Sputnik, May 9, 2024 - Russian Ambassador to Japan: Tokyo's territorial claims to the Kuril Islands are delusional