Japanese media continue to exaggerate the topic, associated with the Kuril Islands. Materials never leave the pages of Japanese newspapers, which have different opinions about, "How to return the islands to the jurisdiction of Tokyo". An article of a similar focus was published in the "Hokkaido Shimbun".
Editorial office (and the article was published on behalf of the editors) urge the country's authorities to, so that they do not allow "postponing the issue of the islands on the back burner". At the same time, the publication continues (in Japanese "tradition") call the Russian Kurils "northern territories".
The authors write, that Russia "every time demonstrates its unwillingness to discuss the territorial problem".
For its part, it is worth noting, that everything is true - after all, Russia has no territorial problems, and if someone has, including Japan, they are, then this is their internal affair ...
The Japanese media notes, that the Japanese authorities "should not agree to play with only one goal", otherwise “it will be difficult to build truly friendly relations between the countries”.
Additionally, it is said about the Constitution of Russia. noted, that “the wording of the Basic Law that, that Russia is the legal successor of the USSR, practically brought to naught the earlier efforts to reach agreements ".
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And now? – the only way is to complete the discussion on the transfer of the four islands. Now for Putin, even if he showed goodwill, there is no way to transfer these islands, since the Constitution of Russia prohibits the alienation of land. And Putin himself said, that the content of the Constitution fully corresponds to the wishes of the Russian people. It only means one thing: for Putin, domestic political positions are much more important than building relations with Japan.
strange statement. As if relations with Russia are more important than domestic political positions for the authorities of Japan itself.
The Japanese media further states, what, despite the situation, Shinzo Abe "could seek to correct the Russian position on the issue of the northern territories". It is noted, that the Japanese authorities “do not know, how to do it".
The comments of Japanese readers to this article in Hokkaido Shimbun smell like sheer militarism. In particular, followed by calls to "take the islands by force", as well as statements that, that "no good-neighborly relations are possible with Russia". One of the readers writes, that Russia “can give the islands, if it falls apart – like the USSR”.
