TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped plans to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan this year because of friction after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, reports said on Tuesday.
The two countries had agreed on the Russian leader's visit "this autumn" but Washington had asked Tokyo to postpone it, Kyodo News reported, quoting Japanese government sources.
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