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Old 2013-02-08, 10:18   Link #26259
DonQuigleone
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 35
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Originally Posted by aohige View Post
May I point out, that unlike the small hunk of rocks that are Takeshima/Dokudo and the silly Sankaku islands, the Northern Territories are large INHABITED islands?

So yeah, it's taken seriously for both parties involved. Lives of thousands depend on it.

Jesus Christ. What's wrong with some of you people.
~19,000 to be more precise. It's sparsely populated, and none of the inhabitants have been there particularly long.

Though I think Japan should just give up on them at this point. That's what they get for losing WW2. It's not like they had to give away Hokkaido.
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