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Hiroyasu Tomaru is a journalist based in Japan for his main area of interest related to issues in and around the North East Asia. He is 55.

He covers mainly international affairs including the territorial dispute remain unsolved between Japan and Russia, known as Japan's Northern Territories (Krill islands long occupied by the Russia (then, the Soviet Union). The territorial issue is not unrelated to the United States of America, occurred during and after the World War II, partly as the result of U.S. policies toward Moscow and Tokyo. The issue is a symbol of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War. Russia occupies the Krill islands since then, shows no immediate intention to return the islands for Japan. Tokyo, determined to get them all back, continues to persuade Moscow to bring them back to Japan, but so far its efforts are unsuccessful.

His books on the territorial issues includes the Hidden History of the (Japan's) Northern Territories.