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Tokyo has protested to Moscow over multinational military exercises being conducted on Russian-held islands claimed by Japan , and is seriously concerned about shooting drills by Russian and Chinese warships off Japan’s northern coast, an official said. The news came as Russia said on Tuesday it had scrapped an agreement with Japan to allow former Japanese residents visa-free visits to the Russian-held Kuril Islands, which Japan claims as its Northern Territories. Russia has been hosting the multinational “Vostok 2022” drills at a number of locations in the country’s far east since late August. China is one of the countries taking...
