Tokyo said Thursday it “cannot accept” Moscow’s recent proposal to establish a special tariff-free economic zone on disputed islands administered by Russia but claimed by Japan, Kyodo News reported.
Japan’s air force recently deployed F-15 fighter jets to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers flying over the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a summit on Tuesday where they both affirmed their commitment to signing a peace treaty over their decades-long territorial dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands.
