Russia Protests to Japanese Ambassador Over Takaichi's 'Anti Russian' Remarks As tensions simmer between Moscow and Tokyo over the disputed islands in the Sea of Okhotsk, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reignited a decades old dispute with his denunciation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to one of the islands as "absolutely unacceptable.
" Tensions have been escalating since Japan's participation in international sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine.
Tokyo continues to back Kiev while pursuing closer ties with other nations in the region, creating an awkward situation for Putin's administration.