Japan gathered to exchange Kurils on investment

Japanese Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to offer investments in the infrastructure of the Far East and Russian IT-technologies. During the visit to Japan by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose a package of investment projects in exchange for the transfer of the Kuril Islands. This "News" said a source close to diplomatic circles in Japan. - The Japanese have focused on two small islands - Shikotan and Habomai. The main thing for Tokyo - to start the transfer process, or at least its discussion. However, part of the Japanese establishment insists that the negotiations on the return of all four islands - a source told "Izvestia". - Japan is prepared to invest significant investments in the Far East. It is noteworthy that the proposed investment in facilities that can not quickly be recouped. It is about building roads, hospitals, and urban infrastructure. In addition, they say, and to invest in the Russian IT-technologies. According to the source, to talk about specific numbers until early. However, discusses investment of about $ 20 billion in stranded projects for 10 years in exchange for a solution the problem of the Kuril Islands. We are talking about the construction of 100 infrastructure projects. Earlier, the Japanese prime minister said he expects to promote negotiations on the Kuril Islands, and "frank discussion" with Russian President during his visit to Japan on 15 December. - We intend to persist to negotiate with the Russian side, in the interests of both countries to develop relations in various fields, including the economy, as well as to solve the problem of ownership of four islands and sign a peace treaty - Abe said. Japanese Prime Minister stressed that he hopes to "calm atmosphere" "through frank dialogue" with Vladimir Putin to reach an understanding on the future of the Kurils. To prepare for the most important economic component of the visit in November in Japan sent the first Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. Oversee the negotiations with Russia on the Kurils the former head of the Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, a political scientist Kazuhiko Togo said in an interview with "Izvestiya" that a peace agreement is beneficial for both Russia and Japan. - Now both countries have a historic chance to achieve a deeper understanding. Economic relations are the motor of our relations. It is very important that everything connected with the relations between Japan and Russia, is not directed against a third country, - said the source. According to the head of the Center for Japanese Studies of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, political scientist Valery Kistanova, Japan's tactics in solving the problem of the Kuril Islands has changed. - Previously, Japan tied Kuriles problem with the policy. Now, the focus shifted to the economy. Investment and economic cooperation came to the fore. The Japanese hope to create a favorable environment that will assess Russia. Tokyo offers the development of the Far East and a major investment in exchange for concessions to Moscow - said Kistanov. - Abe puts on a personal relationship with Vladimir Putin. He does not hide this - the two leaders have very good relations. According to experts, the intensification of dialogue on the Kurils is primarily concerned with elections, because in September 2018 the deadline for the host Shinzo Abe as prime minister. I agree with him Professor of the Japanese Takushoku University Vasily Molodyakov. According to him, as an ambitious politician Abe bet if not on a final solution to the problem is to achieve substantial progress on this path. - It shows all the forces countrymen that takes enormous effort. And if Abe did not make progress, you can safely say that he had done everything possible - said the expert. The dispute between Russia and Japan on the part of the Kuril Islands accessories is the main obstacle to the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries. Sign it can not be 70 years, ie since the end of World War II. Japan claims the four southern Kuril Islands: Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai. At the same time in Tokyo link to a treatise on trade and borders in 1855. In turn, Russia said that the South Kuril Islands became part of the Soviet Union following the Second World War and the Russian sovereignty over them having international legal registration, can not be questioned. At the same time, Moscow has repeatedly said it does not consider the conclusion of a peace treaty with Japan synonymous solution to the territorial dispute.