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2005-10-07 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-10-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Russians took the southern half of Sakahlin island from the Japan at the end of WW2. Its unclear whether the oil/gas is in the previously Japanese part of the island.

Posted by phil_b 2005-10-07 00:11|| 2005-10-07 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, but didn't the Japanese take those islands from the Russians at the end of the Russo-Japanese War, 1905?

Posted by Angirt Pheregum4754 2005-10-07 07:16|| 2005-10-07 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Weren't the Sahkalins part of Pangea back in the Triassic?

Posted by SteveS 2005-10-07 10:09|| 2005-10-07 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 It has also run into opposition from environmentalists because of the presence of whales and other wildlife near offshore drilling sites.

Old reliables.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-10-07 14:48|| 2005-10-07 14:48|| Front Page Top

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