Japan was among the 164 UN members that supported the new world map, until it realised the disputed Kuril islands were in the same colour as Russia.

In short:

Japan wants changes made to a new world map adopted by the United Nations last week.

The map shows the disputed Kuril islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories, in the same colour as Russia.

What’s next?

Japan has lodged a protest with the map site’s operator to have the depiction ‘corrected’.

  • Hotznplotzn
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    11 days ago

    Hasn’t also China been reiterating its stance on renaming locations in neighbouring countries such as in India’s Arunachal Pradesh, calling the region “Zangnan” and asserting it as part of its territory? The same happens with some regions in the South China sea.