Which two countries have not signed a peace treaty ending World War II?
As of September 2000,
Japan and
Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty officially ending the state of war that began with
World War II. The reason? A disagreement over a handful of small islands off the northern coast of Japan's Hokkaido island, which are part of the Kuril Island chain (known as the Northern Territories in Japan).
For more information, please read my article about the
Kuril and Sakhalin Island Controversy.
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