Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that Tokyo will "strongly protest" to Russia over military exercises on disputed Pacific islands, Jiji news agency reported.
The exercises are a blow to Abe's efforts to court resource-rich Russia and keep the door open to dialogue with Moscow despite the Ukraine crisis.
The territorial dispute has strained relations between Japan and Russia since the end of World War Two, when Soviet forces occupied the four islands at the southern end of the Kurile chain. The row has prevented the two countries from signing a formal peace treaty.
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