Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Japan on Thursday for a four-day trip to Russia and Britain for one-on-one meetings with the countries' leaders on security and economic affairs.In a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin later Thursday in Moscow, Abe is set to discuss joint economic activities on the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Japan's Hokkaido in an effort to conclude a post-World War II peace treaty.Abe and Putin will also exchange views on the growing nuclear and missile threat posed by North Korea. Abe is set to ask for Russia's cooperation in pressing the reclusive …READ FULL ARTICLE
