(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Tokyo August 13 (QNA) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday the Japanese government will lodge a protest with Russia over military exercises on a islet chain off Hokkaido at the heart of a territorial dispute. Calling the military exercises on the Northern Territories "totally unacceptable" Abe told reporters in Yamaguchi Prefecture western Japan "We will lodge a strong protest with Russia through the Foreign Ministry. "The Northern Territories are an inherent part of Japan's territory and we cannot accept the move" (Kyodo) quoted a senior ministry official as saying a day after Russia announced it began military exercises on the Russia-held Japan-claimed islands. (QNA)
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