Japan and Russia negotiate on Arctic and food

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 26 Jan 2021 by Alex Teddy
On January 15 Tokyo suggested to Moscow that the two nations collaborate on transporting goods along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), fisheries, kelp cultivation and comestible trade. The Japanese have long wanted the return of the Kurile Islands, which the USSR conquered in 1945. The Russian Constitution prohibits this. The inhabitants of the islands are virtually all Russian and do not want to be ceded to Japan.The NSR is a 40% faster way to ship goods to Europe than the traditional route. Japan already imports LNG along NSR. Japan wants to purchase more Russian soybean maize. They also want to work with Russia in greenhouse construction for fruits and vegetables.

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