Japan protests Medvedev's island visit

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Bely speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010, as Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara summoned Bely to protest Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Kunashiri Island, one of a group of Russian-held but Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido. Bely told reporters the president's move was made purely from the standpoint of domestic politics and has no significant impact internationally.

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