Russia has invaded Ukraine, and the Japanese government, in cooperation with Western countries, has imposed economic sanctions against Russia.
In response to these sanctions, Russia has notified Japan that it will hold talks toward the conclusion of a peace treaty and suspend visa-free travel to the Northern Territories for former residents of the islands.
From the Russian side, Japan is engaged in hostilities because of its support for Ukraine (providing bulletproof vests, etc.).
Therefore, I think that Russia's measures this time are unavoidable, and they will continue to apply sanctions against Japan in the future.
There is a lot of information on the Internet, but the media reports are mainly from the Ukrainian side, and I have no idea what is really going on.
People say that President Putin has gone crazy or that he has Parkinson's disease.
Since elections are held in Russia and President Putin is also elected, it is not even possible to determine whether it is correct to call him Dictator Putin.
Many argue that Putin's Russia is bad and President Zelensky's Ukraine is good, but is that correct?
President Zelensky's appeal to Western countries to help them, the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan's condemnation of Uniqlo for continuing to operate in Russia, and the suggestion that Japanese municipalities that have Russian cities as friendship cities should dissolve their friendship cities are clearly over-the-top.
Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is to blame.
At the same time, I do not think that President Zelensky can be faulted for failing to prevent such a situation.
What is certain is the fact that people from both countries are being killed in this war.
Now we can only hope that the war will end as soon as possible.
