TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will soon protest to Russia over Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to one of four islands held by Russia that Japan claims and calls the Northern Territories, a top government spokesman said on Monday.
The Soviets seized the islands at the end of World War Two and a territorial row over them has prevented the two sides signing a formal peace treaty since and strained relations for years.
(Reporting by Takashi Umekawa; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
