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2022-03-22:

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/russland-ukraine-news-am-dienstag-titel-russland-ukraine-news-am-dienstag-a-b3bf4594-165a-4b1e-9c43-283c7279b175

/»Die jüngste Situation ist eine Folge der russischen Aggression gegen die Ukraine, und der Versuch Russlands, das Thema auf die Beziehungen zwischen Japan und Russland zu verlagern, ist extrem ungerechtfertigt und absolut inakzeptabel«, sagte hingegen der japanische Regierungschef Fumio Kishida im Parlament./

2022-03-10: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/After-Ukraine-Japan-reverts-to-old-line-on-Russian-controlled-islands

/Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government has reverted to long-standing basic principles on the Northern Territories, dropping the nuanced language used by predecessor Shinzo Abe, who had tried to speed up negotiations on a diplomatic solution with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

With progress toward a postwar peace treaty now looking unlikely, Kishida's government has brought back the descriptions of the islands as "inherent territories of Japan" that have been "under illegal occupation" by Russia./