Russian embassy continues work in Tokyo despite blockade.

TOKYO, February 7 (Itar-Tass) - Ultra-right forces in Tokyo managedto enforce blockade of the main gate to the Russian embassy in Tokyo and vandalized the Russian state flag before the very eyes of Tokyo police on Monday. No such incidents were ever staged at the Russian embassy, the embassy staff told Itar-Tass on Monday.
The stormy riots near the embassy were staged on the occasion of the Day of the Northern Territories as the Kuril Islands, which are under the Russian jurisdiction, are called in Japan. The date is observed in Japan since 1981 to back the Japanese stance at its talks with Russia and is timed to coincide with the date of a first ever Russia-Japan Peace Treaty signed on February 7, 1855, which turned over the Kuril Islands to Japan.
Dozens of buses carrying angry protesters from ultra-right
organizations attempted to break through to the Russian embassy. Tokyo
riot police wearing helmets, carrying shields and other protective
ammunition were on alert, ready to bar the entrance to the building in
case of fist-fighting. Metallic barriers were raised in the street outside the embassy to protect it from intruders.
The buses were forced to stop some distance away from the embassy. The protesters got out, came up to the embassy gate and chanted their demands.
During one of such acts the Japanese ultra-right militants dragged the
Russian state flag on the ground; it was torn, stained and then covered with black cross symbols all over.
Nonetheless, the embassy continues work in a normal regime, admitting visitors to the consular department. The embassy school works as usual although a few children who live beyond the embassy premises were late for classes on Monday because the school main gate was blockaded.