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Russia escalates tension with Japan over disputed Kuril Islands, suggests 'seppuku' for the 'samurai'
The Kuril Islands comprise an archipelago of four islands between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the northernmost part of Japan, Hokkaido Island. Before World War II, the islands were a part of ...
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Russia deploys defense missile system on Kuril island near Japan
Russia’s defense ministry has said it has deployed mobile coastal defense missile systems on a northern Kuril island--part ... between Japan and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
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7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Russian coast and tsunami warning issued
A 7.2 magnitude struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region at a depth of 51 km (32 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday. The quake ...
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Shiveluch volcano in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka region starts to erupt
The lava dome of "Young Shiveluch" is 2,500 meters high. The volcano is located at the intersection of the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian island arcs at a distance of 50 km from the village of ...