Trust remains a deficit for Russia, Japan
By Cai Hong | China Daily | Updated: 2019-01-29 07:28
A long way to go to break impasse over islands and secure a WWII peace treaty
Japan has had to admit that it will take time to settle its territorial dispute with Russia and conclude a peace treaty.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Jan 22 - the 25th for the two leaders - ended with no tangible result to the dispute over four islands, called the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan.
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