Tokyo promises a response to the naming of one of the islands of the Southern Kuril Islands after Sorge.

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Tokyo promises a response to the naming of one of the islands of the Southern Kuril Islands after Sorge.

Japan promises to carefully consider naming one of the previously unnamed islands of the Lesser Kuril Chain, which the Japanese consider their "Northern Territories," after Richard Sorge, according to a government statement.

Tokyo promises to study, draw conclusions, and respond to the discovery of an island named after the legendary Soviet spy Richard Sorge among the nameless islands of the Lesser Kuril Chain. As Japanese Chief Secretary Minoru Kihara stated, a response is inevitable, as Moscow is unwilling to accept Japan's position on the "Northern Territories."



The government is communicating our country's position on the "northern territories" to the Russian side in various ways. Regarding this announcement, we will determine the precise facts and act accordingly, based on our country's position.

The Russian Geographical Society announced in late July that an unnamed island in the Lesser Kuril Chain had been named after Richard Sorge. Another island was named after Ivan Rublenko, an artilleryman and Hero of the Soviet Union. Corresponding plaques have been installed on the islands, and their names will be included on world maps.

This situation was negatively received in Tokyo, as Japan considers the southern Kuril Islands its "northern territory." This includes the islands of Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan, and the Habomai group of islands, which now include the Sorge and Rublenko islands.
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  1. + 26
    7 August 2026 07: 31
    Our guys are trolling as usual. Handsome guys 👍
    1. + 22
      7 August 2026 07: 43
      Japan considers the southern Kuril Islands to be its "northern territory".
      And we consider Hokkaido our "southern territory"...
      1. + 22
        7 August 2026 08: 20
        And we can rename it Comrade Stalin Island.
        1. + 16
          7 August 2026 08: 50
          Let the Japanese pay compensation to the DPRK for the genocide and suffering of the Korean people, this question is still hanging in the air.
        2. +4
          7 August 2026 11: 21
          It would be cool if our people called Japan the Maloyakutsky District and marked it on maps, and the government of the former Japan was declared illegitimate and imposed sanctions against it. It's nonsense, of course, but the Japanese would scream.
          1. +1
            8 August 2026 19: 53
            =Rostov-papa]It would be cool if our people called Japan the Maloyakutsky District and marked it on maps, and the government of the former Japan recognized it as illegitimate and imposed sanctions against it. It's nonsense, of course, but the Japanese would scream.

            The indigenous Ainu people
        3. +1
          7 August 2026 14: 09
          If they renamed it... This is definitely an excellent proposal...
          1. -1
            8 August 2026 07: 40
            I categorically disagree with the opinion of Japanese Secretary of State Minoru Kihara, even though Richard Sorge fought against Russia in World War I and later took the correct ideological position. But their cars are still the best in the world. The entire Far East drives them, no matter how much they squabble among themselves.
      2. + 12
        7 August 2026 08: 30
        That's right, the Japs committed genocide on these lands of the Ainu, and their remnants are the only ones left here.
    2. +8
      7 August 2026 10: 58
      Khakas
      Today, 07: 31
      Our guys are trolling as usual. Handsome guys 👍

      hi I believe it's high time to celebrate Victory Day over militarist Japan in Russia on September 3rd, on the same level as Victory Day over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, with a fireworks display over the Southern Kuril Islands.
      Please ask the esteemed Comrade Kim Jong-un to join in the September 3rd celebrations with missile launch training.
      1. +3
        7 August 2026 13: 55
        Quote: ZovSailor
        I believe it's high time to celebrate Victory Day over militarist Japan in Russia on September 3rd, on the same level as Victory Day over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, with a fireworks display over the Southern Kuril Islands.

        And in general, September 3 is the day the Second World War ended.
  2. + 10
    7 August 2026 07: 38
    "The Northern Land of Karafuto" (c) is the butt-ache of the samurai. laughing It's just a hell of a nail in their samurai seats.
    1. +8
      7 August 2026 08: 27
      What's the complaint, if they attacked themselves, lost the battle themselves, and why would they think the outcome of the defeat should have been any different? There's also a serious lack of trial for their incredibly inhumane war crimes (Unit 731 and many other incidents), and it would be good to conduct one.
      1. +5
        7 August 2026 08: 37
        They "quietly and carefully forgot about it." laughing
      2. +1
        7 August 2026 11: 57
        Quote: Alex F._2
        Also about their incredibly inhumane war crimes (Unit 731 and many other episodes) the process is very lacking belay , and it would be nice to spend

        Hello ... belay
        "Khabarovsk Trial", 1949.
        1. +1
          7 August 2026 12: 00
          Hello... belay

          Apparently they are "healthy bulls"?


          The Khabarovsk Trial is a trial of 12 former members of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

          12 people tortured at least 3000?

          Moreover, this is NOT the ONLY such detachment and not the only episode of atrocities by the Japanese military

          Unit 100 was somewhat smaller than Unit 731, with a staff of 800.

          Watch a film about this unit on the Suren YouTube channel.
          1. 0
            7 August 2026 12: 14
            Quote: Alex F._2
            12 people tortured at least 3000?

            Those who were caught were put on trial.
            We SS didn't catch everyone either.

            Quote: Alex F._2
            Squad 100
            T. Tahakasi, the leader of "Squad 100," was tried in the same trial.
          2. +2
            7 August 2026 15: 27
            To clarify, not 3 thousand people, but orders of magnitude more!

            According to the calculations of the American researcher Daniel Barenblatt, General Ishii is responsible for the deaths of between 700 and 1 million human lives.

            https://rodina-history.ru/2024/12/25/otriad-731-nedokaznennye.html
            1. +1
              7 August 2026 15: 34
              Another interesting thing:
              "At the end of the war, the unit had stored so many ready-to-use bacteria that, if they had been dispersed across the globe under ideal conditions, it would have been enough to wipe out all of humanity," Morimura writes. Later, at his trial in Khabarovsk, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yamada, admitted that only the "Soviet blitzkrieg" deprived Japan of the opportunity to launch a major biological war...
      3. +1
        8 August 2026 15: 30
        There is a serious lack of a trial for the incredibly inhumane war crimes (Unit 731 and many other episodes), and it would be good to conduct one

        The Yankees got rid of these monsters from Detachment 731 and other similar samurai sharagas.
    2. +5
      7 August 2026 08: 41
      Quote: Nexcom
      "The Northern Land of Karafuto" (c) is the butt-ache of the samurai. laughing It's just a hell of a nail in their samurai seats.

      Where have you seen any samurai now? All samurai committed seppuku after the Emperor's address on August 15, 1945. And those who remained and their descendants are kudzubito
      1. + 10
        7 August 2026 08: 51
        ....they look kind of dodgy, honestly....if in Russian, but with a Japanese flavor. lol
        1. +3
          7 August 2026 09: 02
          Well, that's true... What kind of idiot do you have to give in to to become like that?
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          2. -1
            7 August 2026 09: 07
            Quote: cat Crush
            Well, that's true... What kind of idiot do you have to give in to to become like that?

            Bushido! wassat wassat wassat
            1. +2
              7 August 2026 10: 11
              Quote from: AllX_VahhaB
              Where did you see any samurai now?
              Those who remained and their descendants are the Kudzubito
              Do not tell!
              In the modern Japanese market, Japanese manufacturers and sellers of consumer goods still retain a cynical and grateful memory of the "sacred" "feats" of the samurai, which the Japanese, in essence, quietly continue to be proud of because they are the descendants of those samurai who slaughtered prisoners alive during WWII!
              1. 0
                8 August 2026 16: 13
                In today's Japanese market, Japanese manufacturers and sellers of consumer goods still have a cynical and grateful memory

                It seems you don't know the culture, worldview, or religious beliefs of other people, which is why you posted this photo of Japanese people and women's breasts.
                These are the Japanese who consider Hachiko a symbol of devotion and duty accomplished, who truly respect and value the work of other people.
                The Japanese attitude towards female breasts is connected with religious traditions.
                In the village of Kudoyama, at the foot of Mount Koya, lies the Jison-in Temple, dedicated exclusively to female breasts. It was once an ordinary sacred site until a doctor came there to pray for a patient with breast cancer. The doctor then asked permission to bring a breast offering to the temple. The priests agreed, and soon a new tradition was born: people from all over the country began coming to the temple to add their miniature breasts to the offerings. Some visitors pray for a healthy pregnancy, while others ask the gods for stable lactation or a cure for breast cancer.
                There's also a temple dedicated to women's health in Japan, where a goddess is presided over the health of women's breasts. Worshippers come to her with requests and recite special prayers.
                1. 0
                  8 August 2026 17: 40
                  Quote: Arslan Ali
                  The Japanese attitude towards female breasts is connected with religious traditions.

                  Do not carry nonsense!
                  The war criminals of Unit 731 not only cut off women's breasts, but also removed their uteruses and ovaries for their countless studies, and removed men's genitals. They removed entire organs from living people, piece by piece, without anesthesia! They were taught not to see them as human beings at all, or even as animals, calling them "logs" by their numbers!
                  And all this was done under the patronage of the Japanese Emperor himself!

                  Ordinary Japanese people not only knew about this, they boasted about it and were proud of it!
                  Therefore, in the Japanese army, Japanese soldiers - privates and officers - also killed prisoners for the sake of sadistic boasting, betting among themselves on who among them would be more sophisticated and faster, or, on the contrary, slower, to publicly and sadistically kill a captured soldier or civilian for the sake of their samurai boasting in their Japanese art of killing and maiming people.
                  Thus, 600 thousand prisoners of war were killed by Japanese soldiers alone out of 800 thousand prisoners of war.

                  The photograph I posted above doesn't suggest any religious sanctity among the Japanese for the female breasts they mock! Quite the contrary, it harks back to the racist Japanese traditions of WWII.

                  I advise you to take off your rose-colored glasses when looking at the history of Japan and the Nazism of the Japanese themselves!
                  If the war with Japan were to happen again, everything would repeat itself.
                  Japan has never repented for its racist war crimes during WWII! It should, just like the Nazis of the Third Reich.
                  1. -2
                    8 August 2026 18: 55
                    You're the ones who are delirious about the past! It's the 21st century, wake up!
                    Come on, remember the Inquisition and all the peoples and nationalities that burned women, or the Crusades, when they were also not treated very well.
                    What I've provided is official information of our time, which concerns modern Japanese. You also didn't post a photo of WWII.
                    A lot of "soap" was written, completely off topic about modern Japan and your photography!
              2. +1
                8 August 2026 21: 13
                Hello, Tatiana. love ! There was a time when I was interested in Japanese authors. I read Akutagawa Ryunesky and Konzaburo Oe (last century) the most. Interestingly, they didn't exactly admire the samurai. Although they sometimes talked about them and their descendants. A 20th-century writer's depiction of the samurai's descendants is rather pathetic.
                Hitler called the Japanese ---- the Aryans of the East. That says it all. Sincerely,
                1. 0
                  9 August 2026 00: 47
                  Dear Dmitry! You're great! You know history and understand everything correctly!

                  Muslim Arslan Ali, through the prism of Japanese religious historical traditions, simply whitewashes modern radical Islamism by contrasting it with Russia. Specifically.
                  FIRST.First of all. If we talk about the Japanese religion with services to the public in the Japanese temple mentioned above, then these things should take place as a sacrament in the temple itself and not creep out for public viewing.
                  And secondly. This especially shouldn't happen when religious beliefs are put on display outside the premises of a religious house for public sale. Otherwise, it's not religion, but religious extremism! Period.

                  SECOND. Secondly. Interesting things are happening.
                  On the one hand, Arslan Ali states that Russians must take into account the historical religious worldview of the Japanese, which has been preserved among the people since ancient times.
                  On the other hand, he denies the Russian people the historical memory of the Japanese aggressors from 1918 until the end of WWII. Allegedly because this is already outdated in our day and age, in the 21st century.
                  For whom is it outdated? For the Muslim Arslan Ali! But not for the Russian people, who fought to defend their country and their people with hard labor, blood, and death in battles against the Japanese invaders!
                  It's well known that Japan planned to seize the entire Amur region and all of Siberia during WWII—right up to the Ural Mountains! Our forces were already hunting them down and taking them prisoner.
                  And Arslan Ali believes Russians need to forget this, because, in reality, too much time has already passed—a full 81 years! He says it's time for Russians to stop reckoning with this past war between the Russian Empire and the USSR and Japan, and simply forget it.

                  What a liberal Muslim sly, Russophobic, manipulative manipulator for the benefit of Russia's enemies, offering such things to Russians!
                  But it is well known that a nation that has forgotten its national history has no future!
                  I wonder what country he's from when he offers such stupid, liberal, inclusive ideas to native Russians, while campaigning for Japan and the Japanese?! And he even gets offended!
                  Quote: Arslan Ali
                  What I've provided is official information of our time, which concerns modern Japanese. You also didn't post a photo of WWII.
                  A lot of "soap" was written, completely off topic about modern Japan and your photography!
                  Well, that's complete nonsense - in the sense of "there's an elderberry in the garden and an uncle in Kyiv"!!

                  REFERENCE,
                  "There's elderberries in the garden, and an uncle in Kyiv" is used in Russian to indicate nonsense or illogical reasoning or statements, when the speech lacks connection between parts and themes are completely unrelated. This is a kind of alogism—a lack of logical coherence in the narrative.
                  1. +1
                    9 August 2026 03: 33
                    In this century, senior Japanese officials have begun to demonstratively visit the Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese war criminals from World War II are buried, among others. Japan has shown no repentance for its crimes and continues to glorify individual episodes of World War II. The Japanese likely consider this to be very clever and cunning behavior. The militarization of society continues, and Japan's defeat in that war still "traumatizes" the Japanese. This is evidenced by the fact that many of their writers raise the topic of defeat even in this century. Yet, the crimes of the Japanese are not mentioned. As if the Japanese didn't invade foreign territories, but rather committed their own heroic deeds. As if their crimes never happened. The Japanese somehow retain a collective memory of their expansion into the mainland in the 20th century—the invasion of China, Korea, and the USSR. And they collectively suffer because this expansion has ceased. What can be seen from the works of their writers in the 21st century.
                  2. +1
                    9 August 2026 03: 54
                    I'll continue. Indeed, the parallel with the Germans, the shared mentality with Hitler's Nazi allies, still exists and is probably gradually growing stronger. That is, while the Germans at least somewhat repented for their crimes, the Japanese never did. Some even suggest revenge. For example, one writer at the beginning of this century wrote a dark joke about Kim Jong-un's unexpected invasion of Japan.
                    I would like to add that besides the samurai, Japan also has the yakuza, the Japanese mafia.
                    Regarding the various Russophobic projects within Russia ---- unfortunately, YES. The Great Turan project hasn't gone away, and is gradually continuing to be implemented by Turkey on Russian territory. The Turks, like the Japanese, believe that all territory beyond the Urals should belong to them. All the best, Tatyana.
                  3. 0
                    9 August 2026 16: 54
                    You don't even know me, but you've already spun all sorts of nonsense.
                    It's simply absolute lack of culture and bad manners to accuse a person of Russophobia from a distance, even though he defended another country, another people, from your vile arguments.
                    Judge not, and ye shall not be judged!
                    Each person thinks according to the degree of their depravity.
                    It seems that a lot of bile has accumulated in you, for reasons unknown to me, you simply reek of racism and nationalism!
                    They brought up religion simply by reading my nickname, although I had never touched on this topic at all.
                    It seems like you have problems due to nerves, due to searching for enemies everywhere, due to searching for a black cat in a dark room, especially when there is no one there.
                    1. 0
                      9 August 2026 18: 28
                      Quote: Arslan Ali
                      It seems that a lot of bile has accumulated in you, for reasons unknown to me, you simply reek of racism and nationalism!
                      They brought up religion simply by reading my nickname, although I had never touched on this topic at all.
                      Firstly, it was you who, with a biased anti-Russian stance, raised the issue of religion in Japan from ancient times to the present day, opposing my historical perspective on interethnic relations between the USSR/Russia and post-war, revanchist Japan, which was occupied by the United States after WWII and is essentially a US protectorate. Specifically, the very same US, which is already essentially at war with Russia, albeit indirectly, through proxy forces of country 404, led by CIA, MI6, and Mossad agents, represented by the illegitimate, Russophobic, Zionist-Nazi Zelensky and his cronies. And also through the hands of NATO and EU countries.

                      And when you write that I touched upon religion simply because of your nickname "Arslan Ali"
                      Quote: Arslan Ali
                      They brought up religion simply by reading my nickname, although I had never touched on this topic at all.
                      , then, in fact, I choose a nickname, and this gives analysts grounds to believe that this is either your own name, or you are a supporter of the Turanian anti-Russian narratives about the creation of the so-called "Great Turan" on the historical lands of the modern Russian Federation!
                      What could possibly be wrong with this for linguistic expertise? Nothing!
                      Quote: Arslan Ali
                      Each person thinks according to the degree of their depravity.
                      Or, in general, to the extent of one’s lack of information about true world history, or the deliberate propaganda of information exclusively for one’s own parasitic benefit!
                      Quote: Arslan Ali
                      It seems that a lot of bile has accumulated in you, for reasons unknown to me, you simply reek of racism and nationalism!
                      One would think that you don’t have a hint of hidden Russophobia!
                      Quote: Arslan Ali
                      It seems like you have problems due to nerves, due to searching for enemies everywhere, due to searching for a black cat in a dark room, especially when there is no one there.
                      No, dear sir!
                      At best, this dialogue between you and me is like a movie about a military operation to capture prisoners who have escaped from prison.
                      The commander teaches a private who has relaxed like crazy during an operation:
                      - Look, there's a groundhog sitting there!
                      The private looked in the indicated direction:
                      - No, I don’t see!
                      “He’s there,” the commander answered.
                      1. -2
                        9 August 2026 23: 42
                        I repeat to you once again, why the hell do you have such racist attacks on the Japanese and Turks!
                        Your strange attitude towards facts about modern Japan, the inappropriate photo that I explained, and your transition to history—why do you need all this?
                        You are a provocateur who is throwing out accusations left and right without any evidence.
                        Your words are meaningless empty talk, based on sick nationalism and contempt for other peoples; you have turned to Russophobia.
                        As I already said, do not judge, and you will not be judged.
                        Should I send you photos of Russian trash bloggers, or did you forget about your own when you were posting the Japanese? Let me remind you, since you're so concerned about morality, and here, as they say:
                        "It's the cow that moos, but yours is silent." "You see the speck in someone else's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own."
                        Now read carefully, if you don't calm down, I'll refresh your mind with photos, for example, half-half of Danila Milokhin or Lapa Khapa, so you first sort out your own garden before meddle in someone else's:
                        Ivan Filatov and Arkady Stolyarov (known as Shkilla and Arkade). In the video, they regularly humiliate and beat Valentin Ganichev (Deputy Valentin), a man with an alcohol addiction and a well-known participant in such live broadcasts.
                        Andrey Yashin and his mother, Lyudmila (known as Gobzavr and Lyudmurik). In the video, the man is seen abusing his mother, including spitting on her and pouring alcohol on her.
                        Nikolai Belov. Known for abusing his own parents. For money, he beat his mother and smashed eggs over his father's head. Later, he moved in with a girlfriend and began trash-streaming her.
                      2. +1
                        10 August 2026 05: 35
                        Quote: Arslan Ali
                        Should I send you photos of Russian trash bloggers, or did you forget about your own when you were posting the Japanese? Let me remind you, since you're so concerned about morality, and here, as they say:
                        "It's the cow that moos, but yours is silent." "You see the speck in someone else's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own."
                        Now read carefully, if you don't calm down, I'll refresh your consciousness with photos, for example, half-half Danila...

                        There are degenerates in every nation. Especially under capitalism.
                        I understand the war hasn't reached you yet. So, unlike me, you think in terms of peacetime, like, "It's none of my business. I don't know anything!" And that's wrong.
                        You also accuse me of being a “provocateur” and that my nerves are out of order!
                        Now tell me I'm a fool!
                        How do you expect me to think if I'm Russian and live in my homeland, Russia? I constantly encounter Russophobia towards Russians at the level of interethnic and interstate politics!

                        How am I historically wrong about Japan with the photo I presented, where the Japanese are wearing scarves with a parody of cut off female breasts?
                        Well, if the Japanese sold pendants (chest jewelry) in the shape of severed male genitalia, would you think nothing of it either?!
                        Or do you think it's okay to insult and hurt women, but not men? Is that how it's supposed to be? And you're even calling me a "moralist"?
                        Don't argue with me, because we stand and look at the world from fundamentally different positions! As the saying goes, I have my own perspective, and you have yours.
                      3. +1
                        10 August 2026 13: 04
                        scarves with parody -----Tatyana

                        Hello dear Tatyana! hi It seems to me that I saw these photos a long time ago... I had an association with gender reassignment among the Japanese. recourse recourse But I could be wrong. At the beginning of the century, I was interested in Japan. It turned out that same-sex love existed among the samurai, too, described both in their books and in films. I watched one of them, a TV series. Though, not completely. I was sick of the "suffering." And frankly, about the various perversions among the Japanese... I once published a parody of their perverted actions on this website. I'll try to remember. recourse , I didn't write them down. laughing Of course, no one liked them, and rightly so. love
                      4. 0
                        10 August 2026 14: 54
                        Hello, dear Dmitry!
                        Quote: Reptiloid
                        I think I saw these photos a long time ago... I had an association with gender reassignment among the Japanese, but I could be wrong.

                        I am convinced that you are definitely not mistaken!
                        And when I looked at these photographs of the Japanese, I had exactly the same thought. And there are all the objective grounds for this. Namely.

                        I can't say anything about gender reassignment or non-conventional sexual relations in the history of samurai life. I haven't read anything about such things among the samurai.
                        However, sexopathology does know that similar narratives exist in male groups, which professional doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and sociologists constantly encounter in their practice. It has already been proven that such deviations from the mental and biological norms of people are more than possible in crisis conditions!

                        Scientists have established that congenital abnormalities of the genitals in humans account for only 2% of the total population on Earth. And among the remaining people, who are genetically healthy from birth, sexual behavioral deviations from their biological sexual norm arise precisely as a result of improper sex education of the younger generation in closed societies—in the interests of the ruling elite and the policies of the ruling elite in the country.
                        Naturally, if the propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation in the country is only encouraged by the authorities, then the number of sexual non-traditional people in society only increases.
                        For example, it is known that about 10 years ago the number of such sexual degenerates, biologically healthy at birth but nevertheless growing up as sexually non-traditional, in the USA already amounted to about 70% of the total population in the USA.
                        And if we take into account that Japan is essentially a protectorate of Washington, then the similar appearance of the young Japanese people presented by Arslan Ali in the photographs is not at all surprising in this regard!
                      5. 0
                        10 August 2026 18: 48
                        A few hours ago, I tried to reply to you, dear Tatyana, but it didn't work; I was hallucinating. About Japan. Due to the climate, landscape, and other natural peculiarities, Japan has always been overcrowded. Various social attitudes have been barriers to starting a family. Perversions have always been present, which is even reflected in their mythology: the wagtail bird, the symbol of the geisha, taught the two divine spouses love. I'm slowly remembering something I read a long time ago.
                        After their latest claims about the islands, there used to be a lot of articles here about Japan, American soldiers abusing Japanese women, and even the murder of women. That was during Obama's presidency. Someone on the forum wrote that they love haiku and tanks. So I immediately wrote political parodies about Japan-US relations. But in this format.
                        Wasabi in his pants smeared,
                        The samurai soldier covered,
                        Burping disgustingly like a radish,
                        Kuchi Honshu fertilized.
                        Covered with the American flag,
                        Their fuss continues.
                        ............................
                        Stupid, foolish people,
                        They don't know the whole history

                        And another thing, sorry if you don't like it --- this is political satire in the spirit of their erotic poems, it's about Obama and Japan:
                        The beautiful geisha caressed
                        Lips black coral.
                        Demon on the neck
                        He closed his black claws.
                        ...........................
                        The Japanese woman accepted death.
                        .............................
      2. +5
        7 August 2026 09: 00
        Quote from: AllX_VahhaB
        And those who remained

        Let's not underestimate the enemy. We've already pelted them with Budyonovkas, and we'll reach Kyiv in three days. The Japanese army is well armed and trained. We must take this seriously.
        1. -5
          7 August 2026 09: 29
          Not an army, but Self-Defense Forces, with 251,500 personnel. The total number of armed forces (including reserves) is 332,500. Enlistment is 100% voluntary. Contract service in the ground forces is two years. They have no mobilization plan in case of war. The legal status of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces is ambiguous. The Basic Law of Japan explicitly prohibits the creation of any armed groups. Officially, the Self-Defense Forces are a civilian (non-military) organization.
          So, after they get rid of those stern-faced handsome men from your photo, the problem will arise: how to summon the colorful handsome men from my photos. Considering that in 2022, according to polls, more than half of Japanese people supported the article of the country's constitution that stipulates Japan's renunciation of the creation of an army and navy. Among those who supported this article were people aged 18–29 (74%), and those aged 40 (76%). In other words, those who don't intend to join the army under any circumstances. Much has changed since then, of course—nowadays, anime productions are rife in Japan that depict military service as cutesy. It's unclear how effective this is, as figures are no longer available, but it is claimed that attitudes toward military service among young people have improved significantly!
          1. +2
            7 August 2026 10: 44
            Quote from: AllX_VahhaB
            Not the Army, but the Self-Defense Forces,

            This name of the Japanese army serves only to comply with the provisions of the constitution, but Japan has a full-fledged army, which is among the 10 most powerful and strong armies in the world (8th place).
            The handsome men whose photos you provided exist in many countries, but are they really the majority? We have hundreds of thousands fighting in the North-Eastern Front, and hundreds of rich kids are grimacing in clubs. Why judge the army by them?
            The attitude towards military service among young people has improved greatly!

            They'll be called up, they'll go to war, there's discipline and order, an eastern mentality.
            1. -1
              10 August 2026 06: 32
              Quote: Anatol Klim
              and so Japan has a full-fledged army, which is among the 10 most powerful and strong armies in the world (8th place).

              And in what armed conflict have they confirmed such a lofty status? Well, at least in the last 70 years?
              Quote: Anatol Klim
              The handsome men whose photos you provided are in many countries,

              It's not about availability, it's about percentage...
              Quote: Anatol Klim
              They'll be called up, they'll go to war, there's discipline and order, an eastern mentality.

              Yes... they have problems with "Upper Larsoi" wassat
        2. +2
          7 August 2026 20: 32
          The 11th Infantry Division from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (notoriously) is being allocated to carry out the amphibious landing operation against the Japanese on the islands of Shikotan, Habomai, Kunashir, and Iturup, along with reinforcements galore. Especially aircraft. Even Ospreys. The Izmena Strait (between Hokkaido and Kunashir) is just over 20 kilometers wide. The closest point is Cape Veslo on Kunashir. The main embarkation port for the landing force is Nemuro. The Japanese SIGINT and EW systems completely disrupted our radio communications there, as soon as a "fishing" schooner appeared on the horizon. Telephones are the mainstay of the islands. Publishing photos of moral degenerates is one thing, but fighting the Japanese is quite another. Russia has extensive experience, including negative ones. We remember.
        3. 0
          28 August 2026 20: 46
          Quote: Anatol Klim
          The Japanese army is well armed and trained. This should be taken seriously.

          Last time, we took it seriously and dismantled their million-strong Manchurian army in two weeks. We can do it again.
      3. +3
        7 August 2026 09: 17
        We have quite a few clowns like that too.
        1. -1
          7 August 2026 09: 35
          Quote: Dmitry Smirnov_2
          We have quite a few clowns like that too.

          Of course they do occur, especially in big cities... But they're nowhere near as widespread among Japanese youth!
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        1. +2
          7 August 2026 10: 09
          Is THIS the one in the photo who is the descendant of the samurai?? wassat
          1. +3
            7 August 2026 10: 36
            Quote: Nexcom
            Is THIS the one in the photo who is the descendant of the samurai?? wassat

            And why not?
            The Japanese, with their numerous war crimes, fought all for their Pacific domination over other nations and the expansion of the territory of their Great Japanese Empire as the Land of the Rising Sun - and no worse than the Nazis did for the world domination of the Germans of the Third Reich during WWII/World War II!

            And for most of the arrogant Nazi Japanese, capitulation in WWII was unthinkable, because Japan had never lost a war before and had never had its own territory occupied.
    3. +3
      7 August 2026 09: 46
      Japanese stances have long since lost any trace of samurai decency: no honor, no dignity. All their stances belong to the Yankees.
    4. +5
      7 August 2026 10: 06
      Quote: Nexcom
      "The Northern Land of Karafuto" (c) is a pain in the ass for the samurai. It's a real pain in the ass for them.

      As my mentor, a WWII veteran, responded to one German who said: “Give us back our city of Königsberg.”
      The mentor's answer was simple: "You should have fought better."
  3. + 12
    7 August 2026 07: 39
    They just won't accept the fact that there's no issue with the islands! We certainly don't, and there's nothing to discuss there.
  4. +3
    7 August 2026 07: 39
    And let those slant-eyed American doormats wipe their faces! Keep it up!
  5. + 14
    7 August 2026 07: 43
    ❝ Tokyo promises to study and draw conclusions... ❞ —

    — “Japan, with the support of the Soviet Union, became a member of the UN, signed and ratified the Charter of the organization, which contains Article 107, which states that all the results of World War II are immutable.
    — The war between the USSR and Japan ended on September 2, 1945, with the signing by the Japanese of an act of unconditional surrender.
    - The state of war was officially terminated on October 19, 1956, when a joint Declaration was signed: "The state of war between the USSR and Japan ceases from the day this Declaration enters into force, and peace and good neighborly friendly relations are restored between them."
    - The Kuril Islands came under the control of the USSR following the Second World War, which was stipulated in the Cairo Declaration of 1943, the Potsdam Declaration of 1945, and also in the peace treaty signed in San Francisco in 1951.
    - Japan unconditionally recognized the Potsdam and Cairo Declarations and signed the act of surrender in 1945. And in 1951, the Japanese abandoned their claims to the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin.
    ---
    "Constitution of the Russian Federation"
    (adopted by popular vote on December 12, 1993, with amendments approved during the all-Russian vote on July 1, 2020)
    Article 67,2.1-
    "The Russian Federation ensures the protection of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Actions aimed at alienating part of the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as calls for such actions, are not permitted."» © ...

    — ❝ The salmon splashed its tail on the wave
    The islands disappeared in the fog
    They will not return
    Humble yourself Nihon ❞ © —
    1. -1
      7 August 2026 09: 07
      There is also the UN Charter, which lists Japan as a hostile state and specifies what can be done to it.
  6. +4
    7 August 2026 08: 01
    You mean the Northern Territories and part of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to boot? We can give you a GZM to keep your mug from getting busted. Drive the Yankees out of Okinawa and you'll be happy.
  7. +5
    7 August 2026 08: 08
    Japan promises to carefully study the issue of naming one of the previously unnamed islands of the Lesser Kuril chain after Richard Sorge.
    Just don't forget to wear glasses when examining it closely.
    1. +3
      7 August 2026 08: 41
      This is natural infantilism, like in childhood - "I'm offended at you, so come to me and make peace yourself, bring me some candy, give me your best toy and take me to the movies... then maybe I'll stop being offended!!"
      1. +2
        7 August 2026 13: 16
        At an older age, this ends in sex with the offended party :)))
  8. +2
    7 August 2026 08: 10
    Tokyo promises a response to the naming of one of the islands of the Southern Kuril Islands after Sorge.
    Emergency measures were recently taken to rescue the Japanese economy, which, however, only delayed the impending collapse. This means that now is the perfect time for Japan to respond to Russia's naming of one of the unnamed Kuril islands after a Soviet spy—there's nothing better to do in Tokyo.
  9. -12
    7 August 2026 08: 11
    I'll express an unpopular opinion, but doesn't the Russian Historical Society have anything better to do? We seem to have enough enemies without needlessly creating them.
    1. +8
      7 August 2026 08: 36
      Hello, you might think that the Japanese are our best friends.
      They still haven't fully answered for Tsushima, or for the Far Eastern occupation either.
      But overall, I don't give a damn about this Yamato.
      1. -6
        7 August 2026 09: 52
        At the very least, their weapons aren't killing Russian soldiers, which, in my opinion, is a good thing in today's reality. But I have a rough idea of ​​the typical audience on this site, so I say my opinion isn't popular.
  10. +4
    7 August 2026 08: 14
    Tokyo promises a response to the naming of one of the islands of the Southern Kuril Islands after Sorge.

    My yours don't understand...my yours commit hara-kiri.
  11. +5
    7 August 2026 08: 17
    A subtle dig at the Japanese!
  12. +4
    7 August 2026 08: 19
    So how does Japan plan to respond to Russia? Will it rename Hokkaido Island to Shiro Ishii Island?
  13. +4
    7 August 2026 08: 22
    Quote: Vadim S
    They will not accept the fact that there is no issue regarding the islands!

    They still can’t forget the times of Gorbachev and Yeltsin. lol
    The Japs are great. When they start talking about territories, they don't just talk about history. That there was a war, and that's how it is now. And by the way, diplomatically, it's not over.
    And they also forgot that ours changed their decision to storm the main islands and did not hang their emperor from a lamppost.
    1. +3
      7 August 2026 08: 35
      ...their emperor would probably have quickly ripped open his own belly if ours had stormed his imperial palace. They're like that - they'll cut their own bellies at the slightest provocation. So only the carcass would have been able to hang.
    2. -1
      7 August 2026 12: 03
      Quote: alexputnik17
      They still can’t forget the times of Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

      More precisely, the times of Khrushchev, who promised to give them the islands and signed it.
  14. +5
    7 August 2026 08: 28
    "The islands have been equipped with appropriate signs and plaques."

    A delegation from Tokyo had to be officially invited to the sign-installation ceremony.
  15. +4
    7 August 2026 08: 32
    It is necessary to develop Ainu separatism in Hokkaido.
  16. +4
    7 August 2026 08: 37
    The indignation, resentment and anger of the Japanese today suits me perfectly.
  17. +5
    7 August 2026 08: 39
    Very good news. And let the Japanese militarists and imperialists shove their discontent up their asses...
  18. +3
    7 August 2026 08: 41
    It's none of their business; we call our lands whatever we want.
  19. +1
    7 August 2026 08: 58
    Quote: Nexcom
    They're like that - at the slightest thing they'll immediately cut off their own belly. So only the carcass would have been able to hang.

    When our forces were dismantling the invincible Kwantung Army in a month, their samurai surrendered in droves without causing any harm to themselves. laughing Maybe they just didn't have time before hara-kiri.
    Dmitry, hi
  20. +2
    7 August 2026 09: 00
    Quote from seamen2
    And let the Japanese militarists and imperialists shove their dissatisfaction up their asses.

    It would be good if the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent such a note to the Japanese. lol
  21. +2
    7 August 2026 09: 03
    promises to carefully study the issue

    Carefully, what does that mean? Read the message twice?
    1. +2
      7 August 2026 09: 30
      Yeah, and also pout and glare angrily at the north for 15 seconds, after which you burst into tears right over your diplomatic note, the tears will be collected in a jar and put in a museum of grievances against the northern neighbor, as evidence of the unbearable suffering inflicted on the Japanese by the Russians.

      At the same time, they unanimously forgot about those who dropped atomic bombs on them.
      1. +2
        7 August 2026 10: 45
        they all forgot

        They haven't forgotten. They are grateful to the Americans for that.
  22. +2
    7 August 2026 09: 05
    And what will the answer be? Mass seppuku on the northern coast of Hokkaido?
  23. +2
    7 August 2026 09: 57
    Why the hell do we need a treaty with Japan? We have the Instrument of Surrender, let them swallow it!
  24. +2
    7 August 2026 10: 44
    It was high time to give the islands a name.
  25. +2
    7 August 2026 10: 46
    The government communicates our country's position on the "northern territories" to the Russian side in various ways.
    Something like this: In the song "Drank-Smoked" by the group "Spleen" there is a line: "My president doesn't drink or smoke, it would be better if he drank and smoked, maybe that would make things easier for the women of the southern Kuril Islands."
  26. -2
    7 August 2026 10: 47
    Quote: Rakitin
    And we can rename it Comrade Stalin Island.
    Or in honor of the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki wink
  27. +3
    7 August 2026 11: 51
    Quote: Uncle Lee
    Japan considers the southern Kuril Islands to be its "northern territory".
    And we consider Hokkaido our "southern territory"...

    South Sakhalin Prefecture of Hokkaido, the capital of the prefecture is the city of Sappozhye. drinks
  28. 0
    7 August 2026 13: 33
    Why mislead readers?
    In the photo: Kunashir Island, the Devil's Finger rock near the village of Goryachiy Plyazh...
    Kunashir Island has nothing to do with the Lesser Kuril Ridge.
    The Lesser Kuril Ridge, located southeast of Kunashir Island, includes Shikotan and the islands of the Habomai subarchipelago.
    The Southern Kuril Islands and the Lesser Kuril Ridge are not identical concepts.
    Articles need to be prepared more carefully...
  29. 0
    7 August 2026 13: 53
    Quote: your1970
    More precisely, the times of Khrushchev, who promised to give them the islands and signed it.

    good So EBN is take 2.
    In 1992, while drunk, he almost sold them three Kuril Islands during a visit to Japan.
    "I am the king, if I want, I will give it to you!" (c).
  30. 0
    7 August 2026 16: 16
    And if they start grumbling, we'll rename Tokyo.
  31. 0
    7 August 2026 19: 53
    Who knows what those pedophile perverts think. (For the record, child pornography was freely available (in stores) in Japan until 2914.) Even the German Nazis were shocked by the atrocities committed by the Japanese in Nanjing. A frenzied lot that requires constant monitoring. And you shouldn't underestimate them either. Now they're 100% waiting, like a bald hyena, for Russia to weaken so they can sink their stinking fangs into it...
  32. 0
    8 August 2026 06: 36
    Those islands are the entrance to our puddle, without them it's an open body of water.
    Foreign fleets, come in, some in peace, most with fire
    We don't argue, the bones of our ancestors cannot lie in that land.
    And should we also give up the city where Kant’s grave is?
    You neighbors are hardworking and organized people.
    There is no need to be an aircraft carrier, a stranger, in our common waters
  33. +1
    8 August 2026 06: 58
    Few people in Japan know the name Richard Sorge, and even here—we'd have to ask around to see if the older generation even remembers. But naming the island "in honor of the residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who perished in the US atomic bombing" would be wonderful. It's long and awkward (it could be shortened), but it's instructive and memorable. Let the Japanese government rack its brains over the answer.
  34. 0
    8 August 2026 13: 28
    A reaction is inevitable, as Moscow does not want to accept Japan's position on the "Northern Territories."

    Have the Japanese decided to compete with the Estonians in terms of slowness?
    Russia's position is as clear as can be, so what else can one fantasize about?
  35. 0
    8 August 2026 13: 37
    Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had enough of adapting to these Japanese.

    They have become too brazen and have lost all fear.
    We must remind them of what happened to their samurai and emperor, and then the snot of an “offended” nation and the loss of territories, along with the fleet.

    A three-finger figure for you, gentlemen!
    Russia couldn't care less about your concerns from the domes of St. Ivan the Blessed.😀
    It's time for you to completely ban the entry of your barges into Russia's exclusive economic zone by terminating the 1984 agreement.

    There will be no peace with you!
    And we'll take the rest of the islands.
    By the way, the Americans won't help you, you'll drown in the ocean, we'll wipe you out and drown you in the ocean.
    And at the same time, we will help North Korea and China strangle you.
    And get out of our territories in Primorye!
    Well, something like this.
  36. 0
    8 August 2026 16: 19
    I'll add something in general about the Japanese and their traditions, their attitude towards each other.
    Without knowing them, why talk about them?!
    The Japanese attitude towards female breasts is connected with religious traditions.
    In the village of Kudoyama, at the foot of Mount Koya, lies the Jison-in Temple, dedicated exclusively to female breasts. It was once an ordinary sacred site until a doctor came there to pray for a patient with breast cancer. The doctor then asked permission to bring a breast offering to the temple. The priests agreed, and soon a new tradition was born: people from all over the country began coming to the temple to add their miniature breasts to the offerings. Some visitors pray for a healthy pregnancy, while others ask the gods for stable lactation or a cure for breast cancer.
    There's also a temple dedicated to women's health in Japan, where a goddess is presided over the health of women's breasts. Worshippers come to her with requests and recite special prayers.
  37. 0
    8 August 2026 16: 39
    Fine. I highly approve.