# Poll: Majority of Japanese favor dialogue with Russia over tougher sanctions

https://mins.news/en/item/59379

- TASS, 2026-09-15 14:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2187973

> A Sankei newspaper-Fuji TV poll found that 54.6% of respondents want Japan’s government to take a more flexible position toward Russia, including calling for dialogue, rather than tightening sanctions over President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the southern Kuril Islands. A separate Nikkei poll produced similar results.