Most Saturday morning papers wrote that the governments of Japan and Russia are making final arrangements for Foreign Minister Kishida to hold talks with President Putin on Dec. 2 in St. Petersburg ahead of a meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov on Dec. 3 in Moscow. The papers speculated that Kishida will hold in-depth discussions with Putin on a peace treaty and economic cooperation ahead of the Russian leader’s talks with Prime Minister Abe on Dec. 15.