Russian president's planned visit to Northern Territories angers Japan
MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has plans to visit two of the
disputed islands off Hokkaido on Sept. 29, diplomatic sources said.
The revelations come as Japan-China relations have been strained by the
collision earlier this month between a Chinese fishing boat and Japan Coast
Guard patrol vessels off the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
Tokyo has wa
