The building of the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. File photoOSAKA, Aug 9Far-right organizations hold protests near the diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation in Japan on the 77th anniversary of the USSR's entry into the war against Japan, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. in which the Russian Consulate General in Osaka is located, and shouting slogans demanding the return of the «northern territories», as Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai are called in Japan. On the streets leading directly to the Russian diplomatic mission, fences have been put up and law enforcement officers are standing, who do not let the vehicles of the organizations drive up to the gate. «The northern territories are Japanese territory. Return the northern territories — the islands of Habomai, Shikotak, Kunashir and Iturup!» — is heard from the speakers of cars. During the protest, representatives of organizations also read out a text in front of the consulate gate demanding the return of the islands.Polyansky pointed out to the UN Secretary General that he did not mention who bombed Hiroshima. A similar protest is also taking place near the diplomatic mission in Tokyo. , timed their speeches to the so-called Day of the Northern Territories, as Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai are called in Japan, February 7, and the anniversary of the USSR's entry into the war against Japan on August 9. Relations between Russia and Japan have been overshadowed by the absence of a peace treaty for many years. In 1956, the USSR and Japan signed a Joint Declaration in which Moscow agreed to consider the possibility of transferring Habomai and Shikotan to Japan after the conclusion of a peace treaty, and the fate of Kunashir and Iturup was not affected. The USSR hoped that the Joint Declaration would put an end to the dispute, while Japan considered the document only part of the solution to the problem, without abandoning claims to all the islands. Subsequent negotiations led to nothing, the peace treaty at the end of World War II was never signed. Serious opposition arose from the United States, which threatened that if Japan agreed to the transfer of only two of the four islands to it, this would affect the process of returning Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty (the Agreement on the Return of Okinawa to Japan entered into force in 1972). Moscow's position is that the islands became part of the USSR following World War II, and the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over them is beyond doubt. learned the lessons of Hiroshima, experts say
