Japan is considering the possibility of returning four islands at once.

The Japanese television channel NHK conducted a social survey in which citizens of the Land of the Rising Sun were asked if Japan should seek the return of its “northern territories” and how many islands Russia should return. The overwhelming majority of citizens surveyed responded that Russia is obliged to return four islands at once - Iturup, Kunashir, Hibomai and Shikotan, while the Japanese authorities are obliged to pursue this goal, including through political interaction with Russia, and thus through pressure on this country.

Against the background of provocative statements by the Japanese authorities, Russia was forced to deploy combat aircraft, as well as air defense, antimissile and coastal defense systems on its islands, which somewhat dampened the enthusiasm of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Moreover, in his latest statement, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, stated that the issue of the transfer of Russian territories would not be raised at all, which, however, refutes the upcoming visit of Shinzo Abe to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin and discuss the current situation .

Analysts, in turn, almost completely exclude the transfer of the Kuril Islands to Japan, justifying this primarily by the national interests of Russia.