Japan 8 visitors visa for the Russian Foreign Ministry on board alerted the island dispute
AP obtained a Japanese tourist group visa issued by Russia, 23 on board Japan, Russia and ownership dispute between the country to the island. The "visit" a violation of the Japanese government ban, and even alerted the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
after the island country located in northeastern Hokkaido, Japan will dance with teeth, Shikotan, Etorofu islands claimed that the four northern islands. The four islands are under the jurisdiction of Russia, Russia as the Southern Kuril Islands. China has sovereignty over the four islands in dispute.
the Japanese government has warned citizens not to apply for Russian visa to visit the four islands, as this would tantamount to recognition of Russian sovereignty over the four islands.
23 日 boarded the country to tour the island may be the first tour group to visit four islands. Travel agency organizing the trip in Fukuoka, Japan, tour group members, including eight to 84 years old 72 years old tourists from Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Toyama, Osaka and Hyogo and other places.
tour groups from Russia, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk that day arrived after the island country, is also preparing to go to another disputed island Etorofu Island.
elderly tourists want compensation aspiration
travel service by phone told Japan's Kyodo news agency: "All members of the tour group more than 70 years old, they visited many countries in the world. They said, They just want to live to see this piece was in place under Japanese control. "
Japanese tourists landing news, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said that if this occurs, then "extremely regrettable." Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to look into the matter.
happened before things Japanese tourists on board the four northern islands. Last month, two Japanese businessmen had boarded the country to the island. Japan's Foreign Ministry also expressed "great regret." Foreign Minister Okada said, the Japanese government will thoroughly investigate such incidents.
the four northern islands
States, the tooth dance, Shikotan, Etorofu and said the four northern islands. The four disputed islands as Japanese territory the original World War II, when Soviet troops occupied. After World War II, has in the former Soviet Union, Russia's jurisdiction. Over the years, Japanese and Russian in four islands resolve their dispute over ownership of the two countries have not signed a peace treaty after the war.
