Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday to step up work to realize planned joint economic activities on disputed islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido while making little progress on the territorial issue.In a press conference after their summit in Vladivostok, Abe renewed his commitment to concluding a post-World War II peace treaty with Putin, which Tokyo and Moscow have not signed due to the territorial row over the group of islands.Abe said he and Putin approved a "road map" to realize the activities on the islets in five …READ FULL ARTICLE
