Japanese territorial dispute about the Soviet northern provinces )South Kuril Islands until the end of the Cold War( Historical Study

Abstract

The imposition of (state) policy on the South Kuril Islands.In the Pacific was a subject of borders dispute between Japan and Soviet Union which appeared clearly afterthe second Great War and during the cold war. Despite the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this conflict has continued, thus both countries had to made a historic and legitimate claims to demand the rights of sovereignty and ownership of four islands occupied by the Soviet Union after World War II under the international conventions and treaties, but these claims are proven failures through the continuation of the regional conflict.