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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Politics
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan-Russia negotiations on northern territories back to square one

Then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a summit meeting in Yamaguchi Prefecture in December 2016. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has effectively shunted negotiations on a formal Japan-Russia peace treaty and issues related to the northern territories back to square one.

The Japanese government is working with the other Group of Seven major nations to take a unified stance against Russia, making it inevitable that Moscow will take a harder line in negotiations with Japan.

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