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Japan, Russia face difficult road to peace treaty talks

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By Noriyuki Suzuki

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Russia is better off keeping its status quo. Any promise can be broken once you get what you want.

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Simply put, Russia wants to see Japan's security build up and intentions to back up Japan's claim to the islands. It knows very well that US has a vested interest in keeping Russia from direct access to the Pacific. Russia already along with China has access to the Arctic Ocean, now defrosted. That gives access to US territory in Alaska... another security risk that the US must consider.

Russia also knows that Japan can in fact use military force, since those islands by Japanese laws belong to Japan and any "invasion" can be defended by the self defense forces.

A power play..? or a distraction for Russia..?

The point is...since there was no peace treaty, both could fight it put for those islands and even more...

But that is highly unlikely...

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