{
  "id": 18082603,
  "title": "Japan-Russia Citizen Exchanges Grow Lopsided",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/japan-russia-citizen-exchanges-grow-lopsided",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T21:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20261104-357105/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For several years, Russia has denied former residents of Japan’s northern territories permission to visit their ancestors’ graves, in protest against Japan’s sanctions over Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}