Japanist Kistanov called Kishida's statement on a peace treaty with Russia on duty. Head of the Center for Japanese Studies at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences spoke to RT.

He said that Japan will continue to promote sanctions against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine and will provide support to Kyiv. “Bad Russia “took” the islands from Japan, we need to return them, let’s do it,” he said.