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The latest round of Japanese-Russian negotiations over the disputed Southern Kuril islands took place this week in Moscow, ahead of next week’s summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The territorial dispute is the only obstacle preventing the two nations signing an official peace agreement to end World War II. […]
