Islands dispute will slow Japan-Russia rapprochement
Japan's prime minister wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, but a 70-year old dispute still clouds relations
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- Issues new and old
- Differing priorities
- Territorial dispute casts a shadow
- Russia offers fishing rights
- Bilateral trade and investment
- Fuel still dominates economic relations
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_350.jpg "The coastline on Kunashir, part of the Southern Kuriles islands (Reuters/Yuri Maltsev)")