Chinese business visit to Kuril Islands will do nothing to ease tensions in Tokyo
A business delegation from northeastern China has visited a Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed island off Hokkaido to explore joint economic projects, a move that has prompted protests from Tokyo. Officials and business leaders from Heilongjiang province, which borders Russiaโs far east, travelled to Etorofu โ known to Russians as Iturup โ to survey potential investment opportunities, according to the Sakhalin Oblast government, which oversees the island. Etorofu is the largest island in a...