VLADIVOSTOK. March 27. VOSTOK MEDIA - Japan claims the four South Kuril Islands, says Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Speaking in the lower house of parliament, Noda said that Russias proposal to transfer the island of Shikotan and Habomai is unacceptable, said Russian service "Bi-bi-si."Japan stipulates the return of the signing of a peace treaty Etorofu, Shikotan and the Habomai archipelago annexed by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.