Government Officials: Sakhalin and Japanese Russians

government officials: Oleg Kozhemyako in the Sakhalin region, according to The Japan Times. There are many promising sectors where we can cooperate such as fisheries, seafood processing and agriculture, the governor responded. If both Japanese and Russians imagine that they will engage in economic projects together, it will enhance mutual understanding and build mutual trust, Eiichi Hasegawa, a special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said at a meeting with Sakhalin Gov. We are ready to push for cooperation. Hasegawa, a former top bureaucrat with the trade ministry, headed a group of nearly 30 government officials and public- and private-sector experts in the latest trip to the region. Sakhalin administers the contested Northern Territories, which are known as the Southern Kurils in Russia. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.