Rally calls for the return of four Russian-held islands
A Reuters news video about this year’s “Northern Territories Day” rally, which called for Japan to get back the islands Russia seized in 1945:
Prime Minister Taro Aso was on hand to give a speech saying he’d do his best to convince Russia to return the territory:
“Russia is an important neighbor for building peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region,” Aso said. “And in order to raise our relations with Russia to a higher dimension, it is essential to reach a final solution to the issue of the Northern Territories, which is the biggest pending issue.”
Aso also reassured the public that the government is continuing negotiations with Russia “with firm determination” to resolve the sovereignty dispute and work toward concluding a peace treaty.
“In order to bring progress to the bilateral negotiations, it is important for the government and the people to unite their efforts to resolve this issue,” the prime minister said.
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