October 12, 2021 19:38 PM
Fumio Kishida, New Prime Minister of Japan
According to a Russian satellite network report on the 12th, Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated during the parliamentary debate that Japan’s sovereignty includes the “Northern Territory” (Japanese-Russian disputed islands, Russia called the South Kuril Islands). In response, Vladimir Jabarov, the first vice-chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council, stated that although the Japanese side made improper remarks on the Kuril Islands, Russia would not give up continuing negotiations with Japan on a peace treaty.
According to reports, Fumio Kishida emphasized that “the territorial issue must be resolved and not be left to future generations.” He also added that the Japanese government “is willing to conclude a peace treaty with Russia to resolve the issue of territorial ownership.”
Russia and Japan have been unable to sign a peace treaty after the end of World War II. Based on the bilateral trade border treaty signed between Russia and Japan in 1855, Japan requested the return of the four disputed islands between Japan and Russia, and made the return of the islands a condition for signing a peace treaty with Russia. Moscow believes that Russia has indisputable sovereignty over it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Singapore in November 2018 and agreed to speed up the peace treaty negotiation process on the basis of the 1956 “Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration.”
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