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    The Habomai Islands (Russian: Хабомаи, romanized: Khabomai; Japanese: 歯舞群島, romanized: Habomai guntō) are a group of uninhabited islets (but for the Russian...
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    Шикотан)—Shikotan Island (Japanese: 色丹島) Habomai Islands (Russian: острова Хабомаи ostrova Khabomai)—Habomai Islands (Japanese: 歯舞群島) The San Francisco...
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  • consideration the interests of the Japanese State, agrees to transfer to Japan the Habomai Islands and the island of Shikoton [sic], the actual transfer of these...
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    Habomai (歯舞村, Habomai-mura) was a village formerly located in Hokkaido, Japan. It controlled the Habomai Islands and the eastern part of the Nemuro Peninsula...
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    Kunashir), as part of its territory, as well as Shikotan and the unpopulated Habomai islets, which has led to the ongoing Kuril Islands dispute. The disputed...
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    Kunashiri-tō) Shikotan - Shikotan (色丹島, Shikotan-tō) Habomai Islands - Habomai (歯舞群島, Habomai-guntō) Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by...
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    people were killed. 1915 Habomai village was founded. 1957 Nemuro town and Wada village was merged to form Nemuro city. 1959 Habomai village was merged into...
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    invaded by 600 Soviet troops. It is one of the islands (along with the Habomai Islands) which the Soviet Union agreed in 1956 to transfer to Japan in...
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    Islands dispute): Uruppu (Urup) Shimushiru (Simushir) Shumushu (Shumshu) Habomai Rocks Shikotan Island Kunashiri Etorofu (Iturup) Official Website (in Japanese)...
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    Japanese: 多楽島 Taraku-to), or Polonskogo, is an unpopulated island in the Habomai Islands in the southern part of the Lesser Kuril Islands which administratively...
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    Northern Territories, consisting of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands. This claim is based on ambiguities in several documents and declarations...
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  • Thumbnail for 1952 Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown incident
    The 1952 Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown incident occurred on October 7, 1952, when a United States Air Force (USAF) RB-29 reconnaissance aircraft was...
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  • prefectural government provided a small amount of condolence money. The 1952 Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown incident occurred on October 7, 1952, when a US...
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    is the oldest in Hokkaidō, built in 1872. The cape is very close to the Habomai Archipelago, which is administered by Russia. The closest island, Signalny...
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    Japanese: 水晶島, romanized: Suishō-tō) is an uninhabited island in the Habomai Islands, part of the Lesser Kuril Chain. It is administered by the Russian...
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    romanized: Yuri-to, Ainu: ウリル, romanized: Uriru) is an uninhabited island in the Habomai Islands sub-group of the Kuril Islands chain in the south of the Sea of...
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    (Yuzhno-Kurilski Proliv, Minami Chishima Kaikyo) from Shikotan and the Habomai Islands, 50 km to the east. Kunashir Island is visible from the nearby...
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    of the Kuril Island chain, and the smaller island of Shikotan and the Habomai Islands, northeast of Hokkaidō, which were seized by the Soviets in the...
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    it is separated by the South Kuril Strait. It consists of Shikotan, the Habomai Islands and several small islands lying close to the Shikotan. The chain...
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    southern group of the Kuril Islands (viz. Iturup, Shikotan, Kunashir and Habomai), which were occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 and incorporated into...
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    Population density of Hokkaidō is calculated excluding the areas of islands of Habomai-guntō (99.94 km²), Shikotan-tō (253.33 km²), Kunashiri-tō (1498.83 km²)...
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    Island of Sakhalin, comprising the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai. The area of the district is 1,856.1 square kilometers (716.6 sq mi).[citation...
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  • Thumbnail for Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
    declaration stated that the Soviet Union would cede Shikotan Island and the Habomai Islands after the peace treaty was signed, but such a treaty never happened...
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    southerly islands in the Kurils (Iturup and Kunashiri) and Shikotan and the Habomai Islands (northeast of Hokkaido), which were seized by the Soviet Union...
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    romanized: Akiyuri-to, Ainu: アキ・ユリ, romanized: Aki-Yuri) is an uninhabited island in the Habomai Islands sub-group of the Kuril Islands chain in the south of the Sea of...
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    plus alpha" approach, altering the previous governments' position that Habomai, Shikotan, Etorofu and Kunashiri islands be returned to Japan's sovereign...
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    Disputed islands in question: Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri (Kunashir) and Etorofu (Iturup)....
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    transferred to Chishima Province Hanasaki (花咲郡) (dissolved April 1, 1959 when Habomai Village was merged into Nemuro City; originally included Shikotan District)...
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    on Nemuro Bay, while the south faces the Pacific Ocean. Islands of the Habomai (Khabomai) Archipelago, administered by Russia but claimed by Japan, extend...
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  • Subprefecture plus Habomai Rocks and Shikotan Island. Districts included: Hanasaki (花咲郡) – dissolved on April 1, 1959 when Habomai Village was merged...
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