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Putin Praises Abe, Saying the Late Prime Minister Wanted a Peace Treaty

Summary by The Japan Times
No treaty was ever signed between the two countries as they could not resolve a dispute over what is known in Japan as the Northern Territories.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Akie Abe, wife of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Moscow on the 29th. The presidential office announced this. Putin said, "I am deeply grateful to him. I will never forget his contribution to the development of cooperation between Russia and Japan..."

·Tokyo, Japan
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Oswaldo RojasThe Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute on Thursday to Shinzo Abe, saying he knew that the murdered former Japanese Prime Minister had finally dreamed of concluding a post-World War II peace treaty. No treaty was ever signed, as countries could not resolve a dispute over the confiscation by the Soviet Union, at the end of the war, of four islands in the South Kurile chain, known in Japan as Northern Territories. The Russia…

·Mexico
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Asahi broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
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