Shinzo Abe declared that it is impossible to return Kuriles if Tokyo insists on it

Requirements of the Japanese party to Russian Federation to return Kuriles actually means that it more never will occur. Such thoughts were stated by the former prime minister killed in 2022 Shinzo Abe in the memoirs. "To insist on single return of four islands — it is a statement synonym that northern territories (so to Japan call the southern part of the Russian Kuril Islands - a comment) never to return [to structure Japan]" — declared Shinzo Abe. According to him, the history showed that the position to insist on full return of four islands to anything did not lead. He also noted that does not consider...