THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 23, 2022 at 16:50 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets chummy with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok in September 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan’s conciliatory stance toward Russia over the thorny Northern Territories issue, which as recently as September 2019 seemed to hold out prospects of some sort of deal eventually being reached, clearly needs a major rethink in light of the Ukraine invasion that triggered tit-for-tat retaliatory measures. [Read More]
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