Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) autograph a map during a tour of the tanker at the newly-opened liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant near Korsakov on Sakhalin island, a Russian island north of Ja…

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) and Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) listens during the tri-lateral summit at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu on December 13, 2008. The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea called December 13…