Russia still technically at war with Japan? to this day?
Crux issue, Kurile Islands…
More than fifty years have passed since the end of World War II, and no peace treaty has been concluded between Japan and the former Soviet Union. The reason for this delay is the unresolved Northern Territory issue. In the aftermath of World War II, Japan lost those islands, the Kuriles to Russia. Russia clings to its territory in the rich fishing grounds of the North Pacific, defying, Japan, which wants the southern Kuriles, the islands of Habomai, Shikotan, Etorofu and Kunashir back. It is considered that the territorial dispute is both political and economic issue. On the other hand, the inhabitants on the islands just wish their hard lives to get easier, especially after the Cold War, due to economic difficulties without much help from the Russian government.
Medvedev’s visit to Kuril Islands sparks Tokyo backlash…/.
http://rt.com/Politics/2010-11-02/ja…-backlash.html
Here is the thing, disputed territory,
Who does the land belong to???
see also… Russian president visits disputed Kuril islands - BBC News
Russian president visits disputed Kuril islands
excerpt from article.
Dmitry Medvedev has paid the first visit by a Russian president to the disputed Kuril Islands, sparking a diplomatic row with Japan.
Mr Medvedev met local residents in Kunashir, the second-largest of the four islands, and pledged more investment for the region.
article continues.
and
Japan summons Russian ambassador over Kuril islands visit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...nds-visit.html
excerpt from article.
Russia and Japan have become embroiled in a diplomatic row after Mr Medvedev, the Russian President, visited a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean that Tokyo believes were stolen by Moscow almost seventy years ago.
Mr Medvedev ignored Japanese pleas to stay away and became the first Russian leader since the fall of the Soviet Union to visit the disputed territory that the Russians call the Kuril Islands and the Japanese the Northern Territories.
article continues…
Another point of interest is the ‘Coincidental timing’ use of Nukes by the US.
One aspect i am particularly interested in, given that Russia took ‘possession’ of the Kuril islands in August 1945, I wondered how that stacked up against the US use of Nukes against Japan. in August 1945,
It seems that apparently many ppl thought at the time, that the real reason for using Nukes against Japan was mainly to deter Russia from invading the whole of Japan, seizing it…
They had already invaded, seized the Northern most Islands of Japan…
The Kurils.
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_...a_and_Nagasaki
(( same month, August 1945… )) ( is this mere coincidence is what i asked…
and if it is not as i think probable, its never been admitted… ever… )
excerpt from article.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of Little Boy
The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter
Japan campaign
Air raids – Volcano & Ryukyu Is – Tokyo – Starvation – Tokyo Bay – Kure – Downfall – Hiroshima & Nagasaki – Kurils
Japanese surrender
Pacific War
China – Central Pacific – Southeast Asia – Southwest Pacific – Japan – Manchuria (1945)
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
For six months, the United States had made use of intense strategic fire-bombing of 67 Japanese cities. Together with the United Kingdom, and the Republic of China the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration. The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum. By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the U.S. dropped the nuclear weapon “Little Boy” on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945,[1][2] followed by the detonation of “Fat Man” over Nagasaki on August 9. These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war.[3]
note reference to the Kurils…
current news.
Headline.
No common economic zone with Russia in Kurils — Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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