Russia has reportedly proposed to Tokyo building a natural gas pipeline connecting fields in its far east with northern Japan. |||
Tokyo – Russia has proposed to Tokyo building a natural gas pipeline connecting fields in its far east with northern Japan, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday. The construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries, which has been mooted for decades, would face many obstacles, including a dispute over islands taken by Russian forces at the end of World War 2 that has prevented Moscow and Tokyo from signing a formal peace treaty. …read more
Source: Independent Online