Gorbachev visited Japan in April 1991, engaging in discussions with Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu on resolving territorial issues and concluding a peace treaty to foster long-term bilateral relations. The communique of their talks emphasizes mutual efforts to strengthen cooperation in various fields and proposed measures to improve ties, including territorial exchanges and economic collaboration.

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On 22 July 1988, former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone met Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow as part of a Japanese campaign to recover four islands lost to the Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War. In the aftermath of the visit, Ichiro Suetsugu, secretary-general of the Council on National Security Problems, wrote a report appraising the former Japanese leader’s performance on his Soviet visit and assessing future issues in the campaign.

Hu and Nakasone discuss some of their countries respective foreign policy priorities, including the USSR, the United States, the Cambodian-Vietnamese conflict, Eastern Europe, and Afghanistan, as well as arms control.