Japan protests Russian defense chief´s plan to deploy on disputed isles
(World News Russia)

Tokyo has lodged a protest with Moscow over a potential plan to deploy a military division later this year on Russian-controlled islets claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, the government’s top spokesman said Thursday, a move that could exacerbate the decades-old territorial row. The government plans to ask Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who unveiled the appeared first on The Japan Times. > ......