Meduza · 7 Sep 2026
Russia unveiled a monument showing a Soviet soldier smashing Japan’s chrysanthemum emblem. Japan’s prime minister wants it removed.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has demanded the removal of a monument unveiled in Khabarovsk on September 4 that commemorates “the Soviet Union’s victory over militarist Japan” and the end of World War II.
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