Former Japan PM visits Crimea, endorses Russia’s annexation

By World Tribune on March 19, 2015   BB Backgrounder, Exclusives, Intel Brief, Japan, NE Asia, Russia, Top Stories, Ukraine  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com A senior Japanese statesman shocked many with his visit to Crimea on March 11, where he publicly praised Russia’s annexation. Yukio Hatoyama was Japan’s prime minister briefly from September 2009 to June 20110. His visit and talks with Crimea’s leader, discouraged by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has Japan’s […]