Japan has designated the Russian island part of its territory

On the official website of the Olympic games-2020 map of the route of the Olympic flame, where the Southern Kuriles and the Islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, belonging to Russia, marked as Japanese territory.

On the interactive map the user can view specific towns by clicking on the plot. The areas with the Russian Islands can't be increased.

Japan for many years disputed the belonging of the Kuril Islands, referring to the Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. As you know, the Kuril Islands became part of the USSR after the Second world war. In accordance with the Soviet-Japanese Declaration of 1956, the Soviet Union agreed to convey to the Japanese side Shikotan and Habomai after a peace Treaty, which is still there.