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Chishima

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Chishima [ˌtʃiːʃiːˈma]
n
(Placename) the Japanese name for the Kuril Islands


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During Wednesday's meeting, Hatoyama also said that in the bilateral summit, Medvedev said Russia would not be adamant about the Yalta agreement and the Potsdam Declaration, the former of which stipulated that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan on the condition that the Kuril Islands, known in Japan as the Chishima Islands, be handed over to it.
58 which had drifted off the northern part of the Chishima islands chain in northern Japan are safe, according to both agencies.
We hope that Japanese and Russians will create the future of the islands together by overcoming difficulties,'' added Suzuki, who is also vice director general of the Union of Dwellers in Chishima and Habomai Islands.
 
 
 
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