The study showed the attitude of the Japanese peace Treaty with Russia

About 75 % of Japanese oppose a peace Treaty with Russia without any conditions follows from the social studies, which published the newspaper " Yomiuri ".

the vast majority of Japanese support the policy of the government of Japan and believe that you first need to solve the territorial issue. The idea of Vladimir Putin about the contract before the end of the year without conditions approve only 14% of respondents.

for its part, the newspaper "nikkey" conducted its own research. In the process it was found that two-thirds of Japanese are in favor of a preliminary decision of the territorial issue, and only 19% admit that first, you can conclude a peace Treaty. Another 6% of respondents do not consider it necessary to sign the contract. The dialogue between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty. Japan claims the Islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders of 1855. The return of the Islands Tokyo made it a condition of signing a peace Treaty with Russia, which at the end of the Second world war and was not signed.

in 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a common Declaration, in which Moscow has agreed to take steps to transfer Habomai and Shikotan after the conclusion of a peace Treaty, the fate of Kunashir and Iturup are not affected. The USSR hoped that the document will put an end to the dispute, for Japan It was only part of the resolution of the issue. Subsequent dialogues nor to no avail. In mid-September, Putin said at the WEF introduced the initiative of Japan to conclude a peace Treaty before the end of the year without any additional conditions. He made the initiative to prescribe in the text of the document is the desire of Moscow and Tokyo to settle the debate on the territorial issue.



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