STAKING JAPAN’S CLAIM ON NORTHERN TERRITORIES

‘Consumer Reports’ senior policy analyst William Wallace on the dangers of e-scooters Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (centre) delivering a speech during a rally calling for the return of all four Russianheld islands located off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, in Tokyo yesterday. The Northern Territories, as called by Japan, consists of four islands, Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomai. They are known in Russia as the Southern Kuriles.