Japan and Russia in agreement to expand joint defense exercises, resolve a territorial dispute

Reblogged from Peace and Freedom: Show of hands: Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (second from right) and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera pose for a group shot with their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov (second from left) and Sergei Shoigu, at the start of their 'two-plus-two' meeting in Tokyo on Saturday morning | AP Kyodo Japan and Russia were expected to agree at […]