"Japan was among the 164 UN members that supported the resolution, but has now taken issue with it because it shows the Kurils, known in Japan as the Northern Territories, in the same colour as Russia.
Ukraine last week abstained in the UN vote on the map as it showed occupied Crimea in a different colour to the rest of the country, which its representatives at the UN warned opens a “Pandora’s box” violating the UN charter and international law.
Japanese government spokesperson Minoru Kihara on Thursday said the new map – known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection – “contained a depiction contradicting the Japanese government’s position”.
“We lodged a protest with the map site’s operator through our diplomatic channel to demand the correction of this depiction,” Kihara told reporters."
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First seen: 2026-09-11 ·
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