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A delegation from China's Heilongjiang province visited an island at the heart of the Japan-Russia territorial dispute, Sakhalin region officials said Tuesday. The announcement gave no details on the delegation's makeup, timing, or purpose, and neither Japan nor China responded immediately.
A Chinese delegation from Heilongjiang province visited one of four Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan to carry out a feasibility study for joint projects, the Sakhalin regional government said Tuesday. The islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and in Russia as the Kuril Islands, were seized by the Soviet Union after World War II. The visit highlights growing Russia-China economic cooperation in the Far East.
