Lasted seven hours. They discussed the four islands known in japan as the northern territories. Russia controls the islands, japan claims them. Sugiyama reiterated japans position that the islands are an inherent part of its territory in terms of law and history. The Russian Ambassador repeated russias stance the islands became russias territory as a result of world war ii. Tokyo and moscow never signed a peace treaty after the war over that issue. The leaders of both countries issued a joint statement in 2013. The tag says theyll try to find a mutually acceptable solution with the aim of signing a peace treaty. Japanese officials want to move discussions forward based on that statement. Nato defense ministers have denounced russias increasing military activity in syria and its support for the government of president bashar al assad. Head of nato, jens stoltenberg, says the alliance will deploy forces if needed to protect turkey from threat. The ministers agree that russias military es
It will gain a twothirds stake in one of them and will use Chinese Nuclear technology to build the plant. Other deals include manufacturing aircraft engines and ships and building a hospital in china. The two leaders also agreed that china will issue yuan based government bonds in london to boost trading of the chinese currency. The first time such bonds made available outside of china. Translator we will lead the golden era of china uk relations that are sustainable, open and a win win for both sides. The more we trade together the more we have a stake in each others success and the more we understand each other the more we Work Together to confront the problems that face our world today. Cameron indicated the two countries would cooperate on climate change, antiterror measures and other issues. Some critics accuse the British Government to turning a blind eye to human rights issues in china and others point out the danger in investi projects. U. S. Vice President Joe Biden has ended
Russia has experienced terrorism with the downing our passenger airliner. We need to Work Together against our common enemy. Reporter after the twohour meeting, the leaders told reporters they agreed to Exchange Intelligence on the Islamic State group. They said they hope to improve the effectiveness of air strike against the militants. Translator what we agreed and this is important, is to strike only terrorists and the Islamic State militants and not to Strike Forces that are fighting terrorism. Translator assads Government Military are allies in our fight against terrorism. Reporter putin showed some compromise toward limiting air strikes to terrorists. The two leaders remain divided on the syrian president s regime. Putin expressed dissatisfaction at not receiving an apology from turkish government concerning the downing of the russian war plane. He also said the u. S. Was responsible for not sharing Vital Information with toirk about russias operation. The meeting appears to have
Japan for a short stay of two days before the incident and add it was his first visit to japan. They say he returned to south korea but came back to japan on wednesday to revisit the shrine because of intense media interest in the story. Police identified him before the small explosion. The shrine honors the war dead, those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an International Military tribunal after world war ii. New rules went into effect on thursday that require users to seek government approval before flying drones near airports and above crowded residential areas and events. The restrictions require operators to keep their drones close by. Users need permits to fly the aircraft out of sight or at night. They have to report the route and the serial number and need at least ten hours of flight experience. Users can be fined about 4,000 for operating drones without permission. The new regulations come after a series of public disturbances invol
For the First Time Since he took office in september. Abe described the relationship between japan and australia as special. He said it plays a central role in the peace and prosperity of the asiapacific region. Abe and turnbull turned their attention to the chinese artificial islands in the south china sea. They agreed to call for an end to Land Reclamation and construction and for the islands not to be used by the military. They promised to work more closely on security with the united states. Abe and turnbull also touched on defense cooperation between japan and australia. They said they will work toward simpler immigration procedures for troops. They want personnel to be able to enter each others countries more easily to deal with disasters and to train. Ethiopias foreign minister is pushing for closer ties with japan on the economic front. He says he wants much more investment. He is visiting tokyo for a business forum. He told nhk his country is getting more and more Corporate In