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A Japanese fisherman has been shot dead by a Russian patrol boat near a chain of disputed islands, the first fatality in 50 years, media reports said.
Japan's foreign ministry demanded the release of three other fishermen who were detained by the Russian boat.
Russia expressed regret but said the boat had entered its territory and said such breaches should not happen again.
Both sides claim the four islands, which Russia calls the southern Kurils and Japan the Northern Territories.
The dispute has stopped the two nations signing a peace treaty to end WWII.
The islands were seized by the Soviet Union at the end of the war in 1945. Russia has said it will hand over some of the islands to Japan, but Tokyo insists all four should be returned.
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