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Russia and Japan edge toward cold war snarl
A Tokyo Yomiuri cartoon depicts a bear thumping a baby rabbit named Japan. Moscow and Tokyo confront a 20 year postwar chill over four disputed Kurile islands, boats seized in North Pacific waters, and Japan's growing links with China. Trade remains robust though strained as talks on a peace treaty lag.
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Rubens Uavoe Tokyo
UPI
Tokyo
Yomiuri
Soviet Siberia
Japan
Soviet Union
Moscow
China
North Pacific
Kunashiri
Etorofu
Habomai
Shikotan
Kuriles Chain
Jpan
Kiichi Miyazawa
Four Islands
Gromyko
Miki
Russia
Nihon Kelzai