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The legislature of Nemuro, Japan’s easternmost city, has demanded the resignation of Hodaka Maruyama, a member of parliament’s House of Representatives, over his proposition to seize Russia’s Kuril Islands, TASS reported on Thursday.

Earlier this month, Maruyama accompanied a group of former residents of Southern Kuril Islands on their trip to Kunashir on a visa-free trip.

On the way back, the MP, who was reportedly intoxicated at the time, asked Koyata Otsuka, 89, who is a former resident of the islands, “Do you think there is any alternative to war [to recover the islands]?,” Kyodo said. Otsuka dismissed the idea, saying, “No I don’t think war is necessary.”

The opposition lawmaker then was expelled from the Japan Innovation Party, and its leadership visited the Russian Embassy in Tokyo to personally apologize to the ambassador for the incident.


Source : RT - Daily news

Japan’s city legislature demands MP resign over remarks on ‘seizing’ Russian Kuril Islands

Japan’s city legislature demands MP resign over remarks on ‘seizing’ Russian Kuril Islands