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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe begins a three-day official visit to Russia

(28 Apr 2013) 1. Mid of troops and plane with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe taxiing on tarmac in the background 2. Various of official delegation awaiting arrival of Abe 3. Wide of delegation walking towards the plane 4. Abe descending plane stairs 5. Wide of troops standing at attention 6. Abe walking past troops on red carpet 7. Various of Abe watching troops march 8. Mid of troops marching 9. Army band marching past plane 10. Abe entering building 11. Close-up of national Russian and Japanese flags 12. Abe's motorcade leaving STORYLINE Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Moscow on Sunday, on the first leg of an "economic diplomacy" tour to Russia, Turkey and the Middle East aimed at building business ties and possibly reaching a breakthrough with Moscow. Japan's relations with Russia are taking a decidedly business-like turn, as the countries put economic imperatives ahead of a longstanding territorial dispute. Japan and Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty formally ending hostilities from World War II thanks to a group of four islands north of Hokkaido that were captured by Russian forces at the war's end. Yet, the legacy of antagonism over the islands was utterly absent from a forum of businessmen gathered this week in one of Tokyo's poshest hotels to drum up Japanese investments in the Russia's Far East island of Sakhalin. The discussions of huge energy projects planned or already built suggest that economic prerogatives are overriding other concerns as both sides focus on their mutual interest in boosting trade and investment. With rival China also pursuing closer energy cooperation, Japan has more incentive than ever to put historical roadblocks aside and get down to business. Abe said recently he will seek to resume stalled talks on the territorial dispute when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first official visit by a Japanese prime minister to Moscow in a decade. He told parliament said he hoped to build "new momentum" and set a future course for relations during his visit. He will also visit Turkey, where Japan is hoping to seal a deal to export nuclear technology, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Japan, the world's biggest consumer of natural gas, imports 39 percent of the liquefied natural gas from Sakhalin I, a huge, multinational project between Russia's Rosneft, Japan's Sodeco, ExxonMobil and other major partners that pooled resources to exploit the reserves found off the island's coast in the 1970s and 1980s. The closure of most of Japan's nuclear power plants following the disaster in Fukushima has boosted demand for LNG and other conventional fuels. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...