Northern Territories Day

February 7, Wednesday

Northern Territories Day is an annual commemoration on February 7 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to spread awareness of its position on the Kuril Islands dispute. Northern Territories Day is not one of the public holidays in Japan, so government offices and businesses are open (National Foundation Day follows soon thereafter on February 11). Its date is set to February 7 each year because on February 7, 1855, Japan and Russia had signed the Treaty of Shimoda.

Northern Territories Day