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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social
· 4w ago
Boosted by @kcarruthers@infosec.exchange
Japan is demanding a correction be made to an Equal Earth world map on a website, claiming it uses the same color for Russian territory as it does for four islands that Tokyo and Moscow have a territorial dispute over. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/10/japan/japan-map-complaint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #russiajapanrelations #northernterritories #equalearth #unitednations
Japan demands correction to Equal Earth map over depiction of disputed islands
The Japan Times

Japan demands correction to Equal Earth map over depiction of disputed islands

Tokyo claims the map uses the same color for the islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories, as it does for Russian territory.

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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Moscow is set to name an uninhabited island that forms part of a territorial dispute with Tokyo after Richard Sorge, a Soviet spy who operated in Japan before the Pacific War. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/30/japan/russia-name-northern-territories-spy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #russiajapanrelations #northernterritories #disputedislands #espionage #wwii
Russia to name Northern Territories island after Soviet spy Sorge
The Japan Times

Russia to name Northern Territories island after Soviet spy Sorge

Moscow is expected to soon formally approve the decision to name an uninhabited island in the Lesser Kurils after the spy who operated in Japan before the Pacific War.

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