国論としての「北方領土返還」形成プロセス : 千島・歯舞返還要求ロジックの変遷をたどって

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The territorial dispute has prevented Japan and Russia from signing a peace treaty for six decades after World War II. Today the Japanese government claims "The Northern Territories" as inherent Japanese territories, though for about 20 years after the war there had been no consensus in Japan on what lands the Soviet Union should give back. Some demanded all of the Kuril Islands ; others sought only the southern Kurils. Japan's first postwar claim to the Kurils came in the form of a petition, submitted by the Mayor of Nemuro to General MacArthur in December 1945. Until 1951, five more petitions were also submitted to the GHQ from Nemuro, where 90% of the former inhabitants of the Kurils had lived. This article analyses the logic of the territorial claim by the people of Nemuro on the basis of these petitions. It also analyses the Japanese official position toward this issue and clarifies how the national policy of the return of "The Northern Territories" had been formed.
岩手県立大学の論文