YOKOHAMA — Prime Minister Naoto Kan finally managed to hold bilateral meetings Saturday with his Chinese and Russian counterparts in Yokohama, giving him a chance to sort out diplomatic tensions that have emerged over separate territorial rows.
Meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Kan generally agreed in separate meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to move forward on improving bilateral ties.
But all three leaders apparently failed to make substantial progress on the territorial issues themselves.