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Putin angers Japan with visit to islands seized by Soviet Union in WWII - washingtonpost.com

Putin angers Japan with visit to islands seized by Soviet Union in WWII - washingtonpost.com

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the Russian leader's visit “wounds the feelings” of the Japanese people and further hardens anti-Russian sentiment in her country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin drew protests in Japan on Thursday after he made his first trip to the Kuril Islands, a disputed island chain seized by the Soviet Union from Japan at the end of Worl… [+8 chars]

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