The Japanese government will continue to move forward in resolving the territorial dispute with Russia, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said in parliament, Report informs via TASS.
"Japan-Russia relations are in a difficult situation, but our country will continue its course towards resolving territorial issues and signing a peace treaty," Ishiba noted.
Japan and Russia have never come to an agreement over the ownership of the four southern Kuril Islands and therefore have never signed a peace treaty at the end of World War II. Russia currently occupies the islands, but Japan claims them as Japanese territory.