TOKYO (Sputnik) — Tokyo has been laying claims to Russia's Kuril Islands, which has prevented the countries from signing a peace treaty after WWII.
The talks on peace treaty in Japan’s capital Tokyo kicked off earlier in the day. The two countries have been de facto at war since World War II ended over 70 years ago.
"Based on today's talks, we agreed to hold the next meeting in Moscow. The specific program will be agreed through foreign ministry channels. But our stance is that we would like to hold [talks] as often as possible. This issue needs to be settled," Chikahito Harada told RIA Novosti, adding that Japan would like for the next peace treaty meeting to be held "before the meeting in Vladivostok."
