The video of the meeting between Putin and Abe's widow took the first place in Japanese newspapers

A video of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Akie hit the front pages of Japanese newspapers Asahi and Yomiuri on May 30.

In the electronic version of the Asahi newspaper, the publication with a video from the meeting between Putin and Akie Abe reached the top in terms of readability, despite the imminent onset of night. The article is called "Putin warmly welcomed a crying Abe in Moscow."

In the Yomiuri newspaper, the video from the meeting and from Akie Abe's trip to the Bolshoi Theater also takes the first place more than 10 hours after publication.

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Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, announced the meeting between Akie Abe and Putin in the Kremlin on May 29. During the official event, the Russian leader recalled Shinzo Abe's desire to restore relations between Russia and Japan.