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Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Japan -- a country with which his nation is technically still at war. Preventing the signing of a peace treaty for the past 60 years are competing claims to four islands in the North Pacific.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Japan -- a country with which his nation is technically still at war. Preventing the signing of a peace treaty for the past 60 years are competing claims to four islands in the North Pacific.
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Nov. 20 airing on VOA, shorter version on CBC
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Transcript
INTRO:
After attending the APEC leaders' summit in South Korea, Russia's president has arrived in Japan Sunday. During his three-day visit, Vladimir Putin is to meet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other Japanese officials. But, as Steve Herman reports from Osaka, the two leaders are not expected to make progress on a bitter territorial dispute.
TEXT:
For Russia and Japan, World War Two has technically never ended. The two countries for 60 years have failed to sign a peace treaty because of their disagreement over ownership over four small islands in the north Pacific.
To the Russians, the disputed islands are the Kurils. The Japanese call them the Northern Territories.
Immediately after Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Soviet Army seized the islands, but Japan still claims them. Despite extensive negotiations since the collapse of the Soviet Union i...
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