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  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
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STAT Indian Ocean Japan HISTORY
Ports and harbors Chennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South Africa) Akita, Amagasaki, Chiba, Hachinohe, Hakodate, Higashi-Harima, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawasaki, Kinuura, Kobe, Kushiro, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Sakai, Sakaide, Shimizu, Tokyo, Tomakomai
Ports and terminals Chennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South Africa) Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International some maritime disputes (see littoral states) The sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, and Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in <a href=/country/ja>Japan</a> as the "Northern Territories" and in <a href=/country/rs>Russia</a> as the "Southern Kuril Islands", occupied by the <a href=/country/sr>Soviet Union</a> in 1945, now administered by <a href=/country/rs>Russia</a> and claimed by <a href=/country/ja>Japan</a>, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities; intensified <a href=/cat/Media>media</a> coverage and protests highlight dispute over the fishing-rich Liancourt <a href=/encyclopedia/Rocks-(album)>Rocks</a> (Tok-do/Take-shima) also claimed by <a href=/country/ks>South Korea</a>; <a href=/country/ch>China</a> and <a href=/country/tw>Taiwan</a> have intensified their claims to the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Tai) administered by <a href=/country/ja>Japan</a>

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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