Japan claims to the Kuril Islands, but Tokyo does not believe Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan and Habomai ridge part of the archipelago. About it said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, explaining the speech of the head of the Communist party Kazuo Sii in the lower house of Parliament. Proper video published on the YouTube channel of the Communist party of Japan. However, He added that Japan "did not want rights to the Kuril Islands under the San Francisco peace Treaty of 1951" and for this reason does not require their return. talking about the possibilities of concluding a peace Treaty with Russia, Abe has noticed that the decision of the territorial question is the main point of discussion for Japan. Speaking in Parliament, Abe is sure that both countries " will continue to strengthen mutual trust and friendship and to work together on finding mutually acceptable solutions to advance negotiations on the conclusion of a peace Treaty." The dialogue between Russia and Japan for many years overshadows the lack of a peace Treaty. Tokyo claims Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and the Habomai Islands, indicating bilateral Treatise on trade and borders from 1855. in 1956 Moscow agreed to take steps to transfer Habomai and Shikotan after the conclusion of a peace Treaty. The Soviet side was expected to put an end to territorial disputes, but Tokyo did not abandon the claims to all the Islands. In the end a peace Treaty was never signed. The position of the capital of Russia lies in the fact that the Islands were part of the USSR according to the results of the Second world war and the Russian sovereignty over them cannot be questioned. in November - after a meeting between Putin and Abe in Singapore parties declared the acceleration of the negotiating process on a peace Treaty and the Kuril Islands. For a basis decided to take the document of 1956, which was a major concession from Japan. the dialogue is complicated by the fact that Tokyo supports the anti-Russian punishment. <span style="color:darkgray