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Japan hopes to work with Medvedev to solve territorial dispute

Japan hopes a solution will be worked out to solve the long-standing territorial dispute with Russia following the expected victory of Dmitry Medvedev in Sunday's presidential election, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told a news conference... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Mar 03 2008

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