In Japan thinking about the abolition of visas for Russians, the media are writing
The Japanese authorities are studying the question of the abolition of visas for citizens of the Russian Federation, informs the print Edition of the Sankei citing sources in the government.
It is noted that the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono wants to discuss this issue during perevorotov with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, to be held in Munich on the first day of the week.
the magazine suggests that the people of Russia will be allowed to enter Japan without a visa for up to 90 days, however this will need to pre-register a passport in consular offices. Similar visa in Japan, currently operates from UAE and Indonesia.
print Edition emphasizes that the Japanese Authorities hope to soften the position of the capital of Russia on the issue of concluding a peace Treaty.
Relations 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. In 1956 the USSR and Japan signed a joint Declaration in which Moscow has agreed to take steps to transfer to Japan the Habomai and Shikotan after the conclusion of a peace Treaty, and the fate of Kunashir and Iturup are not affected.
The USSR hoped that the Joint Declaration will put an end to the dispute, Japan believed the document only part of the settlement, without abandoning claims to all the Islands. Subsequent dialogues to nothing brought, peace Treaty at the end of the Second world war and was not signed.