Additional
Information: Former Japanese islands held by Russia since the end of World War II and claimed by both nations.
Sakhalin and Kurile Islands Sites:
Japan-Russia Relations (Territorial Issues) Japan-Russia Relations (Territorial Issues): Article from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the state's claim of the Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands which it refers to as the Northern Territories. (Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/index.html
The Kurile Islands Dispute The Kurile Islands Dispute: Detailed study of the dispute between Japan and Russia over the islands. (Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/ice/kurile.htm
Japanese-Russian Relations and Northeast Asian Security Japanese-Russian Relations and Northeast Asian Security: Transcript of a seminar on Russo-Japanese relations given by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace which discusses the territorial conflict between the two nations. (Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) http://www.ceip.org/files/events/events.asp?pr=2&EventID=569
A costly territorial dispute A costly territorial dispute: Analytical article by Otto Latsis of the Russian Journal on Russia's dispute with Japan over the Sakhalin and Kurile Islands. (Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) http://www.therussiajournal.com/index.htm?obj=3512
Secret of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto) Secret of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto): Overview of history and discovery of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto), one of the territories still disputed between Japan and Russia from a Japanese perspective. (Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) http://www.karafuto.com/