Tokyo’s anti-Moscow policy and Russia’s response have caused problems for Japanese fishermen who complained of a possible “very hard spring”. writes about it Hokkaido Shimbun.
It was noted in the document that delays in negotiations on fishing conditions off the Kuril Islands led to a cessation of fishing. At the same time, the water area of the islands is rich in marine resources.
“Ordinary fishermen are always hurt by your policy. Many people today have no choice but to quit their fishing business,” he said.
In the memoirs of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated last year… saysThat Japan’s request to extradite all of the southern Kuril Islands would mean that it would never actually return them. It was clarified that Abe did not believe Japan was making concessions when a dialogue began in November 2018 between Moscow and Tokyo about signing a peace agreement based on the 1956 Soviet-Japanese declaration. At that time, the USSR was ready to cede Shikotan and several small uninhabited islands of the Lesser Kuril Mountain Range to Japan, provided that the Japanese side actually took the islands after the signing of a peace treaty.