Okinawa Northern Minister in charge "Environmental maintenance to solve the northern territorial problem" October 2, 17:36
Mr. Eto Okinawa, the Northern Minister, visited Nemuro City, Hokkaido, and worked to facilitate more grave visits and free visits by former islanders in the Northern Territories, and promoted exchange between Japan and Russia, and improved the environment to solve territorial issues I showed the idea to strive for.
On the 2nd, Mr. Eto Okinawa, the Northern Minister, visited Nemuro City in Hokkaido for the first time after taking office, visited the islands of the Tohoku Islands from Cape Nosafuku, and met with Mayor Masatoshi Ishigaki and local fishermen at the interchange facility in the city. did.
Among them, the Mayors of Ishigaki requested that the Motoshima residents of the northern territory are aged, and that the motoshima citizens visit the graves and make free visits, and enlighten the territorial issues to the younger generation.
After that, Mr. Eto told reporters, “I would like to ask the Russian side for cooperation so that the grave visits and free visits can be carried out more smoothly. I will also visit Russia if necessary.”
On top of that, he said, "The days of conflict between Japan and Russia are over, and we are in a country where we can help each other. We want to make use of this greatest opportunity and strive to develop a foundation so that debated discussions can proceed." He expressed his idea to promote exchange and improve the environment to solve territorial issues.