Japan demands removal of Khabarovsk monument to Soviet victory
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi previously stated that Russia needs to dismantle the Victory Memorial of the Soviet Union over Japan, which is installed in Khabarovsk.
Consensus
- A monument in Khabarovsk was opened on September 4 to commemorate the Soviet victory over militarist Japan and the end of World War II.
- The monument depicts a Soviet soldier destroying a border pillar with a chrysanthemum symbol, widely recognized as a symbol of imperial Japan.
- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takahashi demanded the monument be removed, calling its installation unacceptable.
- Russia's official representatives, including Dmitry Peskov and Maria Zakharova, rejected the demand, stating Russia will not comply with foreign pressure on historical memory.
- The monument is made of bronze and stands 15 meters tall.
- The monument was created under the direction of Vladimir Putin and with participation from the Russian Military-Historical Society and the Khabarovsk regional government.
- The chrysanthemum has been a symbol of imperial Japan and remains a state ceremonial emblem in Japan.
- Russia emphasized that Japan does not acknowledge the role of the United States in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Points of divergence
- Elena Yampolskaya, advisor to the Russian president, stated that the demand from Tokyo is outrageous and that Japan, unlike Russia, does not preserve its history without erasing parts of it. — vedomosti
- Military expert Boris Djerelievsky stated that the goal of Takahashi was to demonstrate a confrontational stance, not to actually remove the monument. — riamo
- Takahashi stated that the monument's installation 'absolutely unacceptable' and that Japan has been urging Russia to stop and remove it, with plans to continue pressing for its removal. — meduza
- The monument was created at Putin's request and is a direct response to Japan's territorial claims over the Kuril Islands. — tg_theinsider
- The Japanese ambassador to Moscow failed to attend meetings in August due to illness, which surprised Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. — vm
- The Japanese consulate in Khabarovsk filed a protest over the monument, claiming it harms bilateral relations. — tg_rybar
Coverage (17 sources)
- Yampolskaya: Tokyo's demand to demolish the monument to a Soviet soldier is outrageous — Коммерсантъ
- Yampolskaya called it outrageous that Tokyo demands the removal of a monument in Khabarovsk — Ведомости
- Prime Minister of Japan demanded removal of monument "Victory in the East" in Khabarovsk — РИАМО
- In the Kremlin responded to Japan's call to dismantle the monument in Khabarovsk — Коммерсантъ
- Peskov gave comments on Japan's demands to dismantle the monument in Khabarovsk — Вести
- Kremlin responds to Tokyo's call to remove victory memorial over Japan — Вечерняя Москва
- Kremlin responds to demands to dismantle the monument to victory over Japan — Ведомости
- Chinese Foreign Ministry speaks on Japan's demand to dismantle Victory Monument in Khabarovsk — Вечерняя Москва
- Demeshin responds to Japan's call to dismantle the chrysanthemum from the memorial to the Soviet soldier — Коммерсантъ
- Japan Demanded Removal of Monument in Khabarovsk Where Soviet Soldier Breaks Her National Symbol — The Insider
- In Khabarovsk, monument to 'victory over militaristic Japan' opened. Tokyo demanded its dismantling — Meduza
- Zakhrova: Tokyo's disregard for history should not spread — Ведомости
- Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi called for removal of monument to Russian soldier in Khabarovsk — Вечерняя Москва
- Tokyo demands Russia remove victory memorial over Japan in Khabarovsk — Вести
- Tokyo called on Moscow to remove the Victory over Japan monument in Khabarovsk — Коммерсантъ
- Squeezed Japanese — Рыбарь
- Moscow rejected Tokyo's demand to remove the Japanese chrysanthemum from the new monument — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Japan
- Khabarovsk
- Tokyo
- Russia
- USSR
- Sanae Takai
- Moscow
- Dmitry Peskov
- Kremlin
- MID
- Yelena Yampolskaya
- USA
- X
- China
- Hiroshima
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