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>I was fascinated to learn while visiting they consider themselves ‘at war’ fun fact, Japan and Russia are technically in a state of war too. The World War II
by sgjohnson 3mo ago
>I was fascinated to learn while visiting they consider themselves ‘at war’
fun fact, Japan and Russia are technically in a state of war too. The World War II hasn't ended. They have never signed a treaty over the Kuril Islands, and they both claim them.
- alberto_ol 3mo agoAccording to wikipedia "Japan and the Soviet Union ended their formal state of war with the Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 but did not sign a peace treaty." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Joint_Declaration_of_1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Joint_...
- UnfitFootprint 3mo agoI would so love to visit, but I read an increase in tensions a few years ago caused a tourism stoppage