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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/russia_and_japan.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Japan Watches Russian Military Bases on Kurils' data-article-id='938'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6458'>Russia has announced plans to build five military bases, including one on the Kuril Islands. </span> <span data-start-time='6458' data-end-time='12688'>The Soviet Union seized the islands from Japan at the end of World War II. </span> <span data-start-time='12688' data-end-time='22250'>The proposed bases are a small part of Russian efforts to increase and protect trade with Asian economies.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='22250' data-end-time='30646'>The news of the building project on the Kurils will further strain relations between Russia and Japan. </span> <span data-start-time='30646' data-end-time='39188'>The Japanese government - which calls the islands the Northern Territories - contends the Kurils belong to them.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='39188' data-end-time='50167'>“If the plan is true, the Japanese government will strongly protest it,” said Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga. </span> <span data-start-time='50167' data-end-time='56125'>“We are unchanged in our stance that the islands are Japanese sovereign territories.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='56125' data-end-time='64000'>Russia’s military spending has increased by $600 billion over the past 10 years. </span> <span data-start-time='64000' data-end-time='74333'>The Russian navy’s Pacific Fleet is made up of 73 vessels: 50 warships and 23 submarines. </span> <span data-start-time='74333' data-end-time='80188'>In recent years, Russia has been developing closer ties with China.</span> <span data-start-time='80188' data-end-time='85104'>Both Japan and Russia know the importance of the Kurils. </span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/island_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4388 data-hint-location='22250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/what_does_strain_mean.m4a'>What does strain mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='not friendly and relaxed'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/group_of_military_ships.m4a'><span>group of military ships</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/a_feeling_that_you_respect_yourself.m4a'><span>a feeling that you respect yourself</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/not_friendly_and_relaxed.m4a'><span>not friendly and relaxed</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4389 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/which_islands_are_the_source_of_tension_between_japan_and_russia.m4a'>Which islands are the source of tension between Japan and Russia?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Kuril Islands'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/australia.m4a'><span>Australia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/sicily.m4a'><span>Sicily</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/kuril_islands.m4a'><span>Kuril Islands</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/the_bahamas.m4a'><span>the Bahamas</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4390 data-hint-location='12688' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/russia_wants_control_of_the_kuril_islands_to_increase__blank__with_asian_economies.m4a'>Russia wants control of the Kuril Islands to increase <span class='blank'>trade</span> with Asian economies.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='trade'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/relations.m4a'><span>relations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/trade.m4a'><span>trade</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/ties.m4a'><span>ties</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/588/war.m4a'><span>war</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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