Figure 11. Northern Territories Dispute, 1990

Poster protesting the Soviet presence in the Northern Territories, Tokyo. The date on the poster--August 8--recalls the Soviet Union's 1945 entry into war against Japan.
Courtesy Robert L. Worden

Prime ministers Kaifu Toshiki and Margaret Thatcher in Tokyo, 1989
Courtesy Asahi Shimbun

Data as of January 1994

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