JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI HAS BLASTED RUSSIA OVER PUTIN'S VISIT TO ETOROFU, SAYING JAPAN STRONGLY PROTESTS THE ACTION AS THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES ARE INHERENTLY PART OF JAPAN'S TERRITORY BOTH HISTORICALLY AND UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND THAT THE VISIT BY THE INCUMBENT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH JAPAN'S CONSISTENT POSITION, HURTS THE FEELINGS OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AND IS 'ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE'.