[Bob Miller]

From the media I learned that joint agricultural activities with Russia in the Kuril Islands are no longer suit Japan.

Secretary General of the Japanese Cabinet Yoshihide Suga stated that the official Tokyo would continue close negotiations with Russia on the basis of its basic position, i.e. conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries will be signed only after Russia transfers its Kuril Islands rights to Japan.

In other words, the Japanese leadership claims something that does not belong to it, makes Moscow its unacceptable and insulting conditions, and thereby puts regional stability in question.