Japan and Russia set on hard task of normalising ties
Moscow and Tokyo agree to cooperate while disagreeing on who owns disputed islands
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- Static positions
- A 71-year-old dispute
- Disappointment in Japan
- Confidence-building
- Broader economic deals
- Energy
- Industrial investment
- Improving Russian healthcare
- Investment financing
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_350.jpg "A bay on the Island of Shikotan, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan (Reuters/Yuri Maltsev)")