Abe, Putin remain at odds over territory talks

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin remained at odds on Thursday over negotiations for a long-standing bilateral territorial dispute, with Putin citing the United States as an obstacle to signing a postwar peace treaty with Japan.In a meeting in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, Abe and Putin, however, agreed to promote talks for the dispute over four Japanese-claimed, Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and the conclusion of a peace treaty in a "future-oriented" fashion, a senior Japanese official said.The two leaders will next hold a meeting on the sid…READ FULL ARTICLE