Kan hoping to see Northern Territories with own eyes

Kan hoping to see Northern Territories with own eyes

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) meets a group of people representing cities and towns in Nemuro near the Northern Territories -- four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan -- at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2010, wearing a headband that reads, ''Return the Northern Territories.'' Kan said he wants to visit Hokkaido to see the Northern Territories with his own eyes in the near future.

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