Word: kunashiri
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...days of talks, Shiina and his hosts made little progress on their custody dispute over the Kuril Islands of Etorofu and Kunashiri north of the Japanese mainland, which were occupied by the Soviet after World War II. But that did not stand in the way of other business, including the signing of a fiveyear, $2 billion trade pact, agreement on the first direct commercial air service between Moscow and Tokyo, and discussion of a possible Moscow trip for Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato next spring. All of which, Peking complained, "grew out of the new Soviet leadership's line...