Escalating tensions between the Western alliance and Russia have revived the long political dispute between Moscow and Tokyo, a NATO ally, on the islands in the Pacific.
US military spokesman has said Moscow’s claims of a US submarine infringing on Russia’s territorial waters have “no truth”.
Increased Japanese investment in Russia is also likely to be on the table at the meeting.
The territorial dispute has prevented Russia and Japan from signing a formal treaty to end the Second World War.
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