Na Iapana Keena o ka'Āihana ua hoʻolaha ʻia i kēia lā ʻo ka huakaʻi mua o nā mokupuni ʻo Kuril Hema no ka hui mākaʻikaʻi Kepanī ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻole ʻia.
ʻO ka huakaʻi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻOkakopa 11-16, ua kāhea ʻia ma muli o 'LukiaKoi koi e hoʻoponopono hou i ka huakaʻi, 'e like me ka Kuhina.
"I ka wā e hiki mai ana, e kūkākūkā ʻia ka hiki ke hoʻonohonoho i ka huakaʻi me nā ʻaoʻao e pili ana iā ia," wahi a ke kuhina.
Wahi a ke kumumanaʻo i hoʻolaha mua ʻia, ʻo kahi hui o 50 mau kānaka, e like me nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā diplomats, nā ʻelele o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa huakaʻi a Iapana a me nā kauka a me nā mea unuhi ʻōlelo, no ke poʻo mai ke awa o Nemuro ma Hokkaido ma ʻOkakopa 11 a hōʻea i Kunashir ma ka lā like. ʻO ka papahana huakaʻi i kipa ʻia i nā hale pule Orthodox a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike ma Kunashir a me nā kipa ʻana i nā wai wela a me nā pali keʻokeʻo ma Iturup ma ʻOkakopa 14.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Russia's Federal Agency for Tourism ma ʻAukake 15 ma hope o ka huakaʻi wahine, e hoʻouka ʻia nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau i nā mokupuni ʻo Kuril Hema no nā Iapana e 2020. Ua ʻōlelo hou ka ʻoihana i ka papahana, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui i ka mākaʻikaʻi i Russia, e kōkua pū kekahi e lawe kahe ka huakaʻi ma waena o Iāpana a me Lūkia i 400,000 e 2023.
Hoʻomau ʻo Moscow a me Tokyo i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i nā hana hoʻokele waiwai ma nā mokupuni ʻo Kuril Hema. Manaʻo ʻo Lūkia a me Iapana i nā hana hoʻokele waiwai like ma nā mokupuni ma ke ʻano he hana nui i ka pūlima ʻana i kahi kuikahi maluhia.
