A member of an indigenous people of Japan, now inhabiting parts of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.

阿伊努人日本一个土著民族的成员，现主要居住在北海道，萨哈林岛和千岛群岛。

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Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) erupts in this picture taken from the International Space Station in June 2009.

2009年6月，国际空间站拍下了这张日本东北部千岛群岛的Saryche v火山爆发的照片。

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The Soviet Union refused to sign the Treaty of San Francisco and publicly stated that the Kuril Islands issue was one of the reasons for its opposition to the Treaty.

苏联拒绝签署旧金山合约，并公开宣称千岛群岛问题是拒绝该条约的原因之一。

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That accord gave Japan control over the southern Kuril Islands, which lasted until its defeat in World War II when Russians claimed them.

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Russian authorities said residents of the tiny Kuril Islands, located around 800 miles from northern Japan, were allowed to stay in their homes on Saturday and were not required to evacuate, the Interfax news agency reported.

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The dispute over the islands called the southern Kuril Islands by Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan has kept the two countries from signing a peace agreement after World War II and continues to be a thorn in bilateral relations.

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