Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday urged Russia to remove a war victory statue unveiled in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East the previous day, depicting a Soviet soldier destroying a stone marker bearing the chrysanthemum crest.The chrysanthemum crest is widely recognized as a symbol of Japan, with Takaichi saying the installation of a monument portraying its destruction is "completely unacceptable."Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi also called the erection of the statue "regrettable" and "not constructive" for bilateral relations.The unveiling was timed to coinci…READ FULL ARTICLE
