Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday condemned the latest nuclear test by North Korea as a "grave threat" to the region but remained at odds over the path toward its denuclearization.Meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok, Abe and Putin also agreed to conduct joint economic activities on disputed islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in five areas -- aquaculture, greenhouse farming, tourism, wind power, and waste reduction.Tokyo sees the initiative as paving the way …READ FULL ARTICLE
