Russian leader visits disputed isle amid Tokyo protests
Russia's president visited an island in the Pacific Ocean claimed by both Russia and Japan on Monday, triggering immediate protests from Tokyo, which is already involved in a heated dispute with China over islands to the south.
President Dmitry Medvedev landed on Kunashiri Island, just off Japan's northern coast. Known in Russian as Kunashir, it is part of a group of four islands claimed by both countries that Japan calls the Northern Territories and Russia calls the southern Kurils. (AP)
