"They are occupied by Russia": the candidate for prime minister of Japan has included the territories of the South Kuriles in the number of Japanese municipalities
The Japanese media write about the initiative of the former General Secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba. The man, who is one of the candidates for the post of prime minister of the country (after the departure of Shinzo Abe), announced a review of the number of local authorities in the country, which should be indicated when considering a strategy to support the regions.
In recent years, the number of municipalities in Japan was indicated at 1718. At the initiative of Shigeru Ishiba, there are 1724 of them.
It turned out that Shigeru Ishiba, who in different years headed the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Agriculture of Japan, "included" six municipalities in the South Kuril Islands in the lists.
From the statement of the representatives of the headquarters of Shigeru Ishiba:
This decision of his colleague, as it turns out, is not supported by all members of the governing council of the LDP in Japan. Ordinary Japanese have different views on Mr. Ishiba's decision. Let us present a few comments from readers of the Japanese media, which tells about the inclusion of the territory of the South Kuriles in the number of Japanese municipalities.
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