Etorofu, other Northern islands be returned to Japanese civilians


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No!! Construction U.S. Air base at Henoko, Okinawa. A beautiful coral reef sea of Henoko with the variety of oceanic living life. But the construction plan is the reclaiming the coral sea, Japanese citizen have been strongly opposing against the construction of the new U.S. air base.
U.S. garrison having violated the Japanese human rights since the Peace Treaty at San Francisco in 1951, so we, Japanese never grant the U.S. garrison as an ally, but we take as an invading hostile army. The U.S. garrison, get out of Japan!
I dare say, Prime Minister Abe might be called a dictator, having made several unconstitutional laws by force of numbers of L.D.P. members and by means of steamrollering voting measures for aiming Japan would begin to battle or go into a war against the country which the U.S. consider as an enemy and in case of attacking to.
Although the Constitution of Japan now declaires renouncing war and the right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized, Prime Minister Abe made it useless of the conditions without amendmenting it.
When Japanese nationals think that we should have the military, naval, air forces in Japan, then the Constitutions must be amended first acording to the rules of the Constitutional article. If Japanese Government doesn't keep the Constitution, it means Japan is not called law-abiding state anymore.  



The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics's troops occupied the islands of Japanese territory and forced out all Japanese villagers from the islands after Japan accepted the surrender of the Allied Powers of World War II and Russia still occupies there.



1.   Where are in boundary dispute between Japan and Russian Federation?


      At least Etorofu island, Kunashiri island, Shikotan island and Habomai islands are now in dispute between Japan and Russian Federation. USSR troops invaded these islands after Japan accepted the surrender of the the Allied Powers of World War II. Russian Federation has occupied northern islands of Japan since then. Russia has built military base, houses, schools, shops and seafood processing plants there.
      But South Sakhalin and the Kuril islands also have not been defined as the Russian Federation's territory yet, exactly, since the Treaty with Japan at San Francisco (1951) didn't define about the South Sakhalin and the Kuril islands as Russian's belongings.  ( See figures below. )




      Kaigara islet of the Habomai islands is just about 3.7km distance from Nossapu point of the Nemuro peninsula, and the fartherest island called Etorofu island and the distance between this island and Shiretoko point of Shiretoko peninsula is about 120km and the fartherest point of this island is about 305 km distance from Shiretoko point of Shiretoko peninsula.






2.   History of territorial transition

      The boundary of the two nations changes with the ages.

Year   &    Treaty
1855:Russo-Japanese Treaty of Amity (The Treaty of Shimoda )

Article2

summary:

   Japan and Russia both recognize that the boundary of the two nations is concluded between Etorofu island and Urup island and northern part of Kuril islands including Urup are Russian territory.
   Japan and Russia both recognize that as for Sakhalin, two nations don't fix the boundary and continue the same conditions as before.
1875:Russo-Japanese Treaty
(The Treaty of Saint Petersburg or Sankt Peterburg)
(Sankt Peterburg:former Petrograd and Leningrad 1914-1991)



summary:

   Japan and Russia both recognize that Japan renounces the claim of all the right on Sakhalin in exchange for possessing all the Kuril islands from Urup island to the northernmost island.
1905:Portsmouth Peace Treaty

Article9

summary:

   Russia cedes the southern part of Sakhalin to Japan forever.   The fiftieth degree of north latitude is adopted as the territorial boundary.
1951:Treaty with Japan at San Francisco (San Francisco Peace Treaty)

Article2

summary:

   Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to the southern part of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth 1905.

   Japan obtained the southern part of Sakhalin in consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth 1905
(See above)




3.   Treaty with Japan at San Francisco(San Francisco Peace Treaty)

   I quate 'Chapter II : Territory'  from  'San Francisco Peace Treaty'.

    CHAPTER II

    TERRITORY

    • Article 2
      • Japan recognizing the independence of Korea, renounces all right, title and claim to Korea, including the islands of Quelpart, Port Hamilton and Dagelet.
      • Japan renounces all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores.
      • Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth of 5 September 1905.
      • Japan renounces all right, title and claim in connection with the League of Nations Mandate System, and accepts the action of the United Nations Security Council of 2 April 1947, extending the trusteeship system to the Pacific Islands formerly under mandate to Japan.
      • Japan renounces all claim to any right or title to or interest in connection with any part of the Antarctic area, whether deriving from the activities of Japanese nationals or otherwise.
      • Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.

// above quoted  
    ( Souce from   'Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan' )





4.  Peace Treaty between Japan and Russian Federation would be concluded if Russian gentleman becomes the President of Russian Fedaration.

    Who is the next leader of Russia of new age after Putin ?
    It appears that Russia now moves slightly back to the conditions of USSR politically in that times before the year of 1991. That is, Russia strengthens the central adoministrative power. The matter of racial independent movement inside Russia and the matter of the territorial boundary issue between Japan and Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia will not cope with them. Russia will not govern them, even if Russia enforce the centrizing administrative power upon them.

    Peace Treaty between Japan and Russia has not concluded yet.

    As for territory, Russia insists all Kuril islands, including Etorofu and Kunashiri island, are within the Russian territory. Suppose if all Kuril islands are Russian's, then it is the same situations just as all Aleution islands are U.S.'s., including Komandorski Islands.





5.  Russian strong attitude always reminds us of the tragic incidents.


  •   The comercial passenger jetplane of Korean Air ( KAL007 flight ) Boeing 747 from New York for Soul was shot down with the missiles from USSR's fighter, as KAL jet just flying out of the range of USSR's territory near Sakhalin on Sep.1 1983, becase KAL jet was flying into Russian territorial airspace out of regular air route intentionally or accidentally by machine trouble, which has been unsolved. All crews and passengers, 269 peoples were killed by USSR.
        (Source from various Papers, TV news at that time)

  •   June 1995 Chechen rebels attack on a hospital in the southern Russian town of Budyonnovsk, some 1,000 people were taken hostage and about 100 people were killed through gunfight between rebels and Russian soldiers.
        (Source from 'BBC news' & paper news at that time)

  •   On Oct.23 2002, armed group of about 50 people occupied theater in Moscow taking hostaiges and setting vast amount of explosives in the theater for demannding pulling out of Russian troops from Chechnya.
      On Oct.26, armed group killed 2 hostages, so Oct.26, speacial soldiers of Russia attacked into the theater after pumping sleep-inducing gas into the theater through the building's ventilation system and through holes bored in the auditorium floor. It is said 116 hostages' deaths out of 119 hostages' deaths or more was caused by gas-poisoning.
        (Source from various Papers, TV news at that time)

  •   On Sep.1 2004, about 32 Chechen rebels seized the school in Beslan, in southern Russia, taking some 1,200 hostages.
      On Sep.3, with a small sound of explosion and sound of gunshots inside a gymnasium that leds the hostage-holders's shooting and ended with the deaths of at least 330 hostages, mostly children and mothers.
        (Source from various news and the death value from  'TV asahi'  &  'TIME EUROPE 2004 Sep.14 article url:http://www.time.com/time/europe/html/040913/story.html' )

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Territorial dispute between Russia and Japan, Russian occupation on the islands of Japan, Etorofu ( Iturup ) island, Kunashiri island, Shikotan island, Habomai islands. The boundary's change of northern islands between Japan and Russia with times, Shakhalin, Kuril islands. The boundary lies at least Etorofu and Urup of Kuril islands between Japan and Russia and the boundary might be placed up to the north to Kamchatka Peninsula,if we judge it from the document of Portsmouth Peace Treaty 1905.
By the way there is one Question to ask. Who approves and concludes that Russia has the right of possessing Kuril Islands, Urup island, South Sakhalin as Russian territories?
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