Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Akie Abe, wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Putin paid tribute to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying he knew the slain Japanese leader had dreamt of finally concluding a post-World War Two peace treaty.
No treaty was ever signed as the two countries could not resolve a dispute over the then-Soviet Union’s seizure at the end of the war of four islands in the Southern Kuril chain, known in Japan as the Northern Territories.
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The Abe Doctrine and Japan-Russia Relations
Shinzo Abe’s approach to Russia represented a convergence of personal mission and strategic thinking. His 27 meetings with Vladimir Putin during his tenure as Prime Minister were driven by dual motivations – to honour his father Shintaro Abe’s unfulfilled diplomatic legacy and to pursue a calculated strategy to weaken the Sino-Russian partnership, as Japan’s primary security concern in the region.
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