Japan protested against Russia because of drills in the Kuril Islands

According to him, Tokyo is collecting information on the maneuvers scheduled for August 5 to 10.

"The increase in the Russian military presence in the northern territories does not correspond to our position and is unacceptable," Suga said.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, responding to Japan's concern because of Russia's military activity in the southern Kuriles revealed that the armed forces were operating on its territory.

Question Kuril

The dialogue between Russia and Japan for many years masks the absence of a peace treaty.

Japan claims the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, referring to the 1855 bilateral Trade and Border Treaty. The return of the islands of Tokyo set the conditions for the conclusion of peace with Russia, which was not signed after the end of the second world war.

Moscow's position is that the southern Kuriles became part of the USSR after the Second World War and Russian sovereignty over them, disposing of a international legal recording, no doubt.

In November 2018, Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe met in Singapore. The parties agreed to speed up the negotiation process on the basis of the 1956 joint declaration, which is a serious concession on the part of Japan.