The Japanese wanted to return the Kuril Islands with nuclear missiles. This is evidenced by user comments to one of the articles on the website Yahoo News Japan, quotes are quoted by RIA Novosti.
The author of the article suggested that Russia may try to put pressure on the country's new prime minister, who should be appointed after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the issue of the islands' ownership. Some readers have spoken sharply against Moscow. So, one of the users wrote that Tokyo should wait until “Russia will not bend itself.” “If they don't want to return the islands, don't! No negotiations with the Russians! ” – he declared.
Another user remarked that Russia “could be defeated” if it was hit with nuclear missiles. Some Japanese suggested that the government should join the West, in particular the United States, and contribute to the international isolation of the Russian side. At the same time, there are other opinions in the comments: for example, that Japan will never be able to return the Kuril Islands.
As a result of the Second World War, a peace treaty was not concluded between Moscow and Tokyo due to the unresolved territorial dispute over the Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan islands and the Habomai group. The Japanese call the South Kurils “northern territories” and do not recognize them as Russian. Moscow does not recognize the very fact of the territorial dispute.
