The Atoll company will build a mini-hotel with 15 rooms and a cafe on the island of Iturup as part of the special tax regime of the Kuril Islands (CORFU), which exempts businesses from taxes for 20 ...

Over this time, more than 8,000 citizens of Iturup, Kunashir and Shikotan Islands have visited Japan, while over 18,000 Japanese citizens have come to the southern Kuril Islands. The time of these ...

A view shows a military vehicle of the Bastion coastal missile system that went on duty on the Kuril island of Paramushir, Russia, which is one of the islands claimed by Japan and also known as ...

Japan’s government believes that visa-free travel to the Southern Kuril Islands helped deepen ... Kunashir Island and almost 10 hours to reach Iturup Island. Now, we managed to shorten travel ...

However, the Japanese government argues that this renunciation did not include specific islands: Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, ...

Territorial dispute between Japan and Russia The territorial dispute between Japan and Russia concerns the Southern Kuril ...