Hodaka Maruyama made the comments on a visit to the islands known as the Kurils, or the northern territories.

这名议员名为丸山穂高，他作此言论时正在访问千岛群岛，这片群岛也称北方四岛。

Moscow will also cancel visa-free travel for Japanese citizens to the four disputed Pacific islands, which are known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan.

莫斯科还将取消日本公民前往四个有争议的太平洋岛屿的免签证旅行，这些岛屿在俄罗斯被称为南千岛群岛，日本称为北方四岛。

A territorial dispute over the islands, known in Russia as the Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories, dates back to the end of World War Two when Soviet troops seized them from Japan.

这些岛屿在俄罗斯被称为千岛群岛，在日本被称为北方四岛。围绕这些岛屿的领土争端可以追溯到二战结束时，当时苏联军队从日本手中夺取了这些岛屿。