First Squawk(@FirstSquawk):JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI SAYS THAT FOLLOWING RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS ARE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND THAT WHILE JAPAN HAS MADE EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT, THE VISIT HAS FURTHER HARDENED ANTI-RUSSIAN SENTIMENT WITHIN JAPAN AND MADE THE RESTORATION OF RELATIONS OVER THE MEDIUM TO LONG TERM MORE DIFFICULT, ADDING THAT JAPAN WANTS RUSSIA TO SERIOUSLY RECOGNISE THE GRAVITY OF THIS.

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JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI SAYS THAT FOLLOWING RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS ARE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND THAT WHILE JAPAN HAS MADE EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT, THE VISIT HAS FURTHER HARDENED ANTI-RUSSIAN SENTIMENT WITHIN JAPAN AND MADE THE RESTORATION OF RELATIONS OVER THE MEDIUM TO LONG TERM MORE DIFFICULT, ADDING THAT JAPAN WANTS RUSSIA TO SERIOUSLY RECOGNISE THE GRAVITY OF THIS.