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Kasyanov calls for Japanese investment in Eastern Siberia

KYOTO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, addressing a business luncheon in Kyoto on Dec. 17, urges Japan and other countries to invest in natural resources projects in Eastern Siberia. Kasyanov praised Japanese investment in Sakhalin for leading to successful energy projects on the Russian Far East island.

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Kasyanov meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 16. They agreed on the importance of promoting a Japan-proposed crude-oil pipeline route in east Siberia. But Russia was not clear on whether it is leaning toward that route or one proposed by China.

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Russia to pick pipeline route from economic viewpoint: premier

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) pose for photos at a gathering at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 16. (Pool photo)

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Russian premier in Japan to discuss pipeline, trade

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 15. Kasyanov arrived in Japan earlier in the day on a three-day visit for talks on a crude-oil pipeline in East Siberia, trade, and other issues.

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Kasyanov says Russia preparing to ratify Kyoto Protocol

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov tells Kyodo News in Moscow on Dec. 10 that his country is preparing to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming. He made the remark ahead of his visit to Japan next week.

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Koizumi seeks Russia's cooperation for N. Korean nuke issue

LOS CABOS, Mexico - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Oct. 26 before the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Koizumi asked Kasyanov to cooperate in pressing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

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Koizumi seeks Russia's cooperation for N. Korean nuke issue

LOS CABOS, Mexico - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Oct. 26 before the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Koizumi asked Kasyanov to cooperate in pressing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. (Kyodo)

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Kasyanov says Russia preparing to ratify Kyoto Protocol

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov tells Kyodo News in Moscow on Dec. 10 that his country is preparing to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming. He made the remark ahead of his visit to Japan next week. (Kyodo)

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Kasyanov calls for Japanese investment in Eastern Siberia

KYOTO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, addressing a business luncheon in Kyoto on Dec. 17, urges Japan and other countries to invest in natural resources projects in Eastern Siberia. Kasyanov praised Japanese investment in Sakhalin for leading to successful energy projects on the Russian Far East island. (Kyodo)

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Russia to pick pipeline route from economic viewpoint: premier

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) pose for photos at a gathering at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 16. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Kasyanov meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 16. They agreed on the importance of promoting a Japan-proposed crude-oil pipeline route in east Siberia. But Russia was not clear on whether it is leaning toward that route or one proposed by China. (Kyodo)

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Russian premier in Japan to discuss pipeline, trade

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 15. Kasyanov arrived in Japan earlier in the day on a three-day visit for talks on a crude-oil pipeline in East Siberia, trade, and other issues. (Kyodo)

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Russia-Japan summit should be held prior to G-8: Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) tells Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 22 that a Russia-Japan summit should be held before the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa in July. Kasyanov, who also doubles as finance minister, stays here to attend the Group of Seven finance meeting held in Tokyo to explain the Russian economic situation.

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Russia preparing economic cooperation proposal to Japan+

MOSCOW, Russia - First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov says Russia is preparing a new proposal to Japan for economic cooperation that could involve energy development in Russia's Far East. Kasyanov made the remarks in an interview with Kyodo News at his office in Moscow on Jan. 21.