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Three steps forward and three steps back..? *Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on an island near disputed resource-rich maritime territory, hoping to make progress toward resolving a dispute lingering since World war 2. It is the first time a Japanese premier has set foot on the island of Sakhalin, 800 miles (1300 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, since Russia claimed a series of nearby small islands in the final days of World War 2, Japan's Foreign Ministry said. The island is only 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido. Aso said he hopes the visit will strengthen strategic relations with Russia and lay the groundwork for a settlement of the row, which has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending the war. The area in question is a cluster of islands between the two countries, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and the southern Kurils in Russia, amid rich fishing grounds and billions of dollars worth of undersea gas and oil reserves. Although the Japanese side hopes to see some progress in a territorial dispute over the islands off Hokkaido, known as the northern territories, resolving the issue will be fraught with difficulties. On the surface at least, the Russian side appears to have engaged in a political maneuver over the territorial issue despite having proposed the summit meeting. The Japanese Foreign Ministry believes the latest problem will be resolved, with <b>...</b>
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