![]() ![]() And this issue is very sensitive in both countries. So World War II isn't over between these two countries because of a territorial dispute? The Soviet Union seized them at the end of World War II and claims them now as their own, while Japan still considers them occupied territory. It's a chain of islands between Russia and Japan. But the sticking point here has been the Kuril Islands. ![]() ![]() Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was talk of normalizing relations. ally, and there really wasn't a lot of room for negotiation. And actually, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan in the last month of World War II, so those hostilities were relatively short. KIM: Well, the two countries have been military rivals in the Pacific for more than a century. Why have Russia and Japan still not been able to make peace? MARTIN: World War II ended more than 70 years ago. NPR's Lucian Kim joins us on the line from Moscow. And there are high expectations for some kind of deal out of this meeting. Today Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The two neighbours in the Pacific Ocean never signed a peace treaty officially ending World War II. Russia and Japan are still at war, at least on paper.
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