Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday said Japan’s relations with Russia are currently “difficult” amid Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but pledged to continue making efforts to resolve a territorial dispute and sign a peace treaty. At an annual rally in Tokyo held to demand the return of Moscow-controlled, Tokyo-claimed islands off Hokkaido, Kishida also urged Russia to restart visa-free exchange projects, including those that allow visits by former Japanese residents of the islands to family graves. “Regrettably, the issue of the Northern Territories has not been resolved and a peace treaty has…