Russia doesn’t have territorial problems with Japan
On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin denied that there is a territorial dispute over the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands of Hokkaido, and said Japan must make concessions to conclude a bilateral World War II peace treaty.
“We believe we have no territorial problems at all. It is only Japan that believes it has territorial problems with Russia. We are ready to talk about this,” the Russian President said in an interview with Japanese TV ahead of his visit to Japan this week for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.