日本抗议中国官方代表团罕见访问莫斯科控制但东京宣称拥有主权的岛屿，这是俄罗斯和中国日益加强协调、施压日本首相高市早苗政府的最新迹象。
Japan protested a rare visit by an official Chinese delegation to an island controlled by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo, the latest indication of a growing alignment between Russia and China to pressure the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
据当地俄罗斯当局称，本月早些时候，中国东北黑龙江省的官员和商界领袖对千岛群岛中的国后岛（日本称之为抚东岛）进行了旅游和水产养殖项目的考察。该岛在日本被称为抚东岛，是日本宣称拥有主权的四岛屿之一，被称为北方领土。
Earlier this month, officials and business leaders from China’s northeastern Heilongjiang Province surveyed tourism and aquaculture projects on Iturup in the Kuril island chain, according to local Russian authorities. The island is called Etorofu in Japan and is among a group of four claimed by Japan and known as the Northern Territories.
日本外相茂木敏充在周三的国会会议上表示：“我们认为，第三国的政府官员、商界代表或其他人员以将北方领土视为俄罗斯领土的方式进入并开展活动，这是完全不可接受的。”
“We believe it is completely unacceptable for government officials, business representatives or others from third countries to enter and conduct activities on the Northern Territories in a manner that treats them as though they were Russian territory,” Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said in parliament on Wednesday.
他在回答反对党议员关于该事态发展的提问时说：“13日，我们通过外交渠道向俄罗斯和中国传达了日本的立场，并强烈敦促他们作出适当的回应。”
“On the 13th, we conveyed Japan’s position to both Russia and China through diplomatic channels and strongly urged them to respond appropriately,” he said in an answer to a question from an opposition lawmaker about the development.
自俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京今年八月首次访问该岛屿以来，抚东岛已成为东京与莫斯科之间紧张局势加剧的焦点。不久之后，高市早苗称该访问“不可接受。”根据《产经新闻》的报道，俄罗斯还通知日本，计划于10月13日至17日在该岛屿进行军事演习。
The island of Etorofu has become a focus of mounting tension between Tokyo and Moscow after Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the territory in August. Soon after, Takaichi called the visit “unacceptable.”Russia has also notified Japan of plans to conduct military exercises on the island from Oct. 13 to 17, according to the Sankei newspaper.
在中国显然支持俄罗斯开发有争议岛屿之际，北京也在开展自身行动，试图孤立高市早苗。此前她去年底曾发表言论，暗示日本可能在任何针对中国入侵台湾的集体防御行动中发挥作用。除了此举之外，俄罗斯和中国还在日本周边进行了联合军事演习，进一步显示两国的协调。
China’s apparent support for Russia’s development of the disputed island comes as Beijing wages its own campaign to try and isolate Takaichi following remarks she made late last year that suggested Japan could play a role in any collective effort to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. Among other indications of coordination, Russia and China have engaged in joint military exercises around Japan.
与此同时，俄罗斯对日本对乌克兰的支持感到愤怒，包括提供财政援助和非致命性军事支持。在最近访问纽约联合国大会期间，高市早苗首次与乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基举行了峰会。10月2日，东京宣布对俄罗斯实施新制裁，理由是“乌克兰局势”。在最新进展中，俄罗斯当局周二表示，他们在远东萨哈林地区因涉嫌收集和存储与俄罗斯防御能力相关的信息而拘留了一名日本记者。茂木敏充表示，东京正在寻求有关拘留的详情，并呼吁对该记者进行公正、公平的对待。
Russia, meanwhile, has been angered by Japan’s backing for Ukraine, including the provision of financial and non-lethal military support. On a recent visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Takaichi held her first summit meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And on Oct. 2, Tokyo announced new sanctions on Russia, citing “the situation involving Ukraine.”In a fresh development, Russian authorities said Tuesday they’d detained a Japanese journalist in the far eastern Sakhalin region on suspicion of collecting and storing information related to Russia’s defensive capabilities. Motegi said Tokyo was seeking details of the detention and called for fair and impartial treatment of the journalist.
北方四岛的控制权争议一直阻碍莫斯科和东京与俄罗斯签署正式的二战和平条约。这些岛屿在二战结束时被苏联从日本夺取。
A dispute over control of the Northern Territories has prevented Moscow and Tokyo fromg a formal World War II peace treaty with Russia. The islands were seized by the Soviet Union from Japan at the end of the war.