Prospects for the abolition of visas between Russia and Japan there are, however, the process will be long, said the head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev in the interview " the parliamentary newspaper ". He noted that At this time some decisions on visa issue are accepted for residents of Sakhalin and Hokkaido, however, according to the MP, we need a conversation about the largest liberalization of the visa regime between the 2 countries and likely complete its cancellation. in January 2017 and October 2018 Tokyo brought relief to obtain visas to Citizens of Russia at the insistence of the Russian capital. In the end, the number of tourists from Russia to Japan increased by 41 percent from 55 thousand people (2016) to 77 thousand people (2017). In 2018, It has increased by 23 per cent to 95 thousand people. The citizens of Japan opened visa-free travel to 193 countries, at the same time in Japan without a visa have the opportunity to enter Authorized only one-third of this number are from 68 countries. <span style="color:darkgray