"Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was arguably the most proactive Japanese leader on the issue, meeting with Putin on a number of occasions in an effort to convince the Russian leader to come around to Japan's way of thinking.
However, all of these diplomatic efforts came to naught, with Russia amending its constitution in 2020 to ban the ceding of any part of Russian territory to a foreign power."
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First seen: 2026-08-18 ·
Last seen: 2026-08-18 ·
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