51.   Japan regards the islands, off its northern coast, as having been illegally occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

52.   Japan regards the islands as having been illegally occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

53.   The communist leadership in Beijing still regards the island as a rebel province.

54.   The communist leadership in Beijing, which drove Nationalist Chinese onto Taiwan, regards the island as a rebel province.

55.   The island is regarded by Beijing as a renegade province.