Putin will visit Tokyo in June as Japan and Russia are struggling to reach an official conclusion of the war.

Japanese Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, who is on a visit to Moscow, said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan in June this year. According to quotations from the Japanese Japan Times on Monday, January 14, 2019.

Kono made the remarks before talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as the two countries were trying to push for a concerted effort towards achieving the goal. The Treaty of Peace to End the Second World War officially. On the other hand, this is the first meeting since the two diplomats were each commanded by the leaders to handle the affairs in November last year.

Japan and Russia could not agree on a peace treaty with the Kuril dispute. Tokyo took the stand claiming that the islands were illegally occupied by the Japanese after the fall of Japan in 1945 during World War II, but Moscow insisted Japan acknowledges the outcome of the war, which includes Russia's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands.