Japan Calls the Four Northern Islands Japan’s “Inherent Territory”
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On April 22, Japan published its annual Diplomatic Bluebook. This year’s Diplomatic Bluebook has been thoroughly revised, and the revisions are clearly showing that Japan is adjusting the Japan-Russia relations in response to the Russia-Ukraine war. For the first time, Japan indicates that with the relative decline in the national power of the United States, the world has entered an era of Sino-US competition.