Editing Foreign relations of Japan (section)

==Disputed territories==
{{main|Territorial disputes of Japan}}
Japan has several [[territorial dispute]]s with its neighbors concerning the control of certain outlying islands.

Japan contests [[Russia]]'s control of the [[Kuril Islands dispute|Southern Kuril Islands]] (including Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group) which were occupied by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1945.<ref>MOFA, [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/index.html Japan's Northern Territories] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322191810/http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/index.html |date=22 March 2011 }}</ref> [[South Korea]]'s assertions concerning [[Liancourt Rocks]] (Japanese: "Takeshima", Korean: "Dokdo") are acknowledged, but not accepted by Japan.<ref name="takeshima">MOFA, [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/takeshima/index.html The Issue of Takeshima] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019211509/http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/takeshima/index.html |date=19 October 2012 }}</ref> Japan has strained relations with the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC) and the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (Taiwan) over the [[Senkaku Islands]];<ref>MOFA, [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/senkaku/senkaku.html The Basic View on the Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930044112/http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/senkaku/senkaku.html |date=30 September 2010 }}</ref> and with the People's Republic of China over the status of [[Okinotorishima]].