"An "inspection" of the Kuril Islands by Japan's foreign minister over the weekend brought a pensive reaction from Russia, which claims the disputed lands.
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba viewed the islands from a Japanese coast guard ship Saturday, the Kyodo News Agency reported.
Gemba paid his first visit as foreign minister to what Tokyo calls the Northern Territories -- four Pacific islands that were occupied by Soviet troops at the end of World War II and which Moscow has claimed since."
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