And a surprising statement. President elect donald trump says the United States is not necessarily bound by the one china policy. Theres been more developments ahead of the key summit between the members of the leaders of japan and russia this week. Holding vice minserial talks beforehand as they try to move ahead with discussions on a longstanding territorial issue. If the Deputy Foreign ministers meet a key topic is Economic Cooperation on russiancontrolled islands. In japan theyre known as the northern territories. Japan claims them. Its government maintain an ininherent part of its territor and says they were illegally occupied after world war ii. The two countries didnt sign a peace treaty after the war because of the dispute. Russian officials have been urging japan to take part in joint Economic Activities on the island, but japanese officials want to make sure that would not lead to recognizing russian sovereignty. A former Russian Ambassador to japan said he had a solution to