Japan PM Abe to visit Russia in May for talks with Putin: source

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to visit Moscow in May to attend a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Russia's victory over Germany in World War II and hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, a Japanese government source said Friday.Japan and Russia are trying to arrange a meeting between Abe and Putin on May 8 or May 10, according to the source. The ceremony will be held on May 9.Abe will be the first Japanese leader to attend the ceremony since then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2005.Abe wants to break the stalemate in negotiations to conclude a postwar peace treaty wi…READ FULL ARTICLE