Japan on Monday stopped short of joining the growing list of countries recognizing a Palestinian state at a high-level U.N. meeting but emphasized that a two-state solution remains the only viable path to lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike."The issue of recognizing a Palestinian state is not a matter of if, but of when," Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya told the conference at the world body's headquarters in New York. "While carefully monitoring developments in the region, Japan will continue its comprehensive deliberations with even greater seriousness."Japan's decisi…READ FULL ARTICLE
