A ceremony was also held in the Northern Territories to celebrate Russia's victory over Japan in World War II, reiterating the position that the islands of the Northern Territories became Russian territory as a result of the war.

The Russian government had set the end of World War II as September 2, the day Japan signed the instrument of surrender, but last year it was also a holiday as "Victory over Japan Day" during the Soviet era. Changed on September 3rd.



On the 3rd, a march and a commemorative ceremony were held by military soldiers stationed in Sakhalin in the Russian Far East as well as in the islands of the Northern Territories.



Of these, on Kunashiri Island, 1,500 people, including Russians and military soldiers living on the island, participated in the ceremony and handed flowers to the monument to the victory one after another.

In addition, a play that reproduced the battle on the islands of the Kuril Islands, which triggered the Soviet troops to occupy the islands of the Northern Territories, was shown, and people who were Soviet soldiers got off the ship and fired with their weapons in one hand. However, I was reproducing the appearance of attacking to the point where the Japanese flag was raised.



Russia expects economic cooperation such as calling for investment in Japan at an international conference held in Vladivostok on the 3rd, while emphasizing that the islands became Russian territory as a result of the war over the northern territory, the Russian side I haven't broken my position.