• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 21. Japan and the Asian Development Bank plan to boost funding for what they term high-quality infrastructure projects in Asia to about $110 billion over the next five years. Abe is said to be in a bind over his hopes to realize a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin this year and keeping Russia under sanctions from drawing closer to an ever-assertive China. | BLOOMBERG
    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 21. Japan and the Asian Development Bank plan to boost funding for what they term high-quality infrastructure projects in Asia to about $110 billion over the next five years. Abe is said to be in a bind over his hopes to realize a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin this year and keeping Russia under sanctions from drawing closer to an ever-assertive China. | BLOOMBERG
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MUNICH – While Japan maintains sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing for a visit to Japan by President Vladimir Putin this year for two reasons — to move forward the stalled territorial negotiations and the other to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing.

As the security environment in East Asia has become increasingly severe partly because of China’s rising territorial ambitions and military buildup, Japan doesn’t want to push Russia further to the Chinese side, according to Japanese officials.

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