TOKYO: Russia has released a Japanese citizen detained on a disputed island claimed by both countries, Tokyo’s foreign ministry said Thursday, ahead of diplomatic talks on the long-running territorial dispute.
Tokyo and Moscow are working to resolve decades of tensions over four islands occupied by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II and now controlled by Russia.
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