news conference: The isles, Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group, are held by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo, according to The Japan Times. The five-day survey included visits to 64 sites on three of the four islands, including a seafood processing plant and geothermal power plant. I am seeing big potential for future development, said tour leader Eiichi Hasegawa, a special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at a news conference on Saturday upon returning to Nemuro, Hokkaido. Based on the tour, Japan is expected to draw up a priority list of collaboration ideas after examining their financial feasibility. Tokyo hopes the activities will pave the way for settling the decades-old territorial row, while Russia is said to be seeking investment from Japan. Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a hot-spring summit in December to begin joint activities on the isles.
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