Russia refuses to negotiate with Japan about fishing near territorially-contested islands.

Moscow has rejected negotiations with Tokyo over Japanese fishing operations near disputed islands in the northwest Pacific, according to Japan's fisheries minister Tetsuro Nomura. According to Nomura, Moscow informed Tokyo on Thursday that it is currently unable to create a timeframe for the talks about Japanese fishing activities for Alaska pollock, octopuses, Okhotsk Atka mackerel, and other seafood. Due to the fact that the Alaska poll....