Handbook of Japan-Russia relations / edited by Kazuhiko Togo and Dmitry Streltsov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tōgō, Kazuhiko, 1945- editor.

Streltsov, Dmitry, editor.

Series:

Japan Documents handbooks.

Japan Documents handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Japan.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Japan.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 413 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The history of official relations between Russia and Japan encompasses a period of a little more than one hundred and fifty years, but stretch back unofficially for at least double that amount of time. But for both Russia and Japan, these relations have never been a key element of foreign policy, indispensable or intrinsically important for their diplomatic strategy. It is also noteworthy that for most of this time Russia and Japan were enemies, rivals, competitors. For both parties the significance of bilateral relations to a large extent was determined by their geographical proximity. This geographically predestined relationship can be characterized as 'distant neighbors'. At the same time, at certain historical stages, this neighborhood was not so 'distant'. The countries managed to establish relations in the economic sphere while tourism cultural scientific and educational ties were actively developing. The complexity of the relations which developed for just over three centuries is worthy of study. This book analyzes these three centuries of Japan-Russia relations so as not to miss out any essential factors of the relationship.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

Kazuhiko Togo and Dmitry Streltsov

Part 1: War and Peace: Diplomatic Relations and Security

1 Russo-Japanese Relations: The Past and the Present

Alexander N. Panov

2 Japan-Russia Diplomatic Relations from the Russo-Japanese War to the Treaty of San Francisco

Kazuhiko Togo

3 Post-Cold War Security Issues in Russia-Japan Relations: The Russian Perspective

Anna Kireeva

4 Japan-Russia Relations and Security: The Japanese Perspective

Yu Koizumi

Part 2: Territory

5 The Territorial Dispute: The Russian Perspective

Dmitry Streltsov

6 The Japanese View of Northern Territorial Questions, or NTQ

Nobuo Shimotomai

Part 3: The Economy and Energy

7 Russia-Japan Trade and Economic Relations: The Russian Perspective

†Pavel A. Minakir, Marina G. Mazitova

8 Japan-Russia Trade and Economic Relations: The Japanese Perspective

Shinichiro Tabata

9 Energy and Other Natural Resources in Russia-Japan Relations: The Russian Perspective

Elena Shadrina

10 Energy and Other Natural Resources in Japan-Russia Relations: The Japanese Perspective

Kenji Horiuchi

Part 4: Disaster Cooperation

11 Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues in Russia-Japan Relations: The Russian Perspective

Vladimir V. Nelidov

12 The Possibility of Japan-Russia Joint Response to Disasters in Sakhalin and Its Surrounding Areas

Ryo Omatsu (translated by Akaha Tsuneo)

Part 5: Culture

13 Cultural Interactions between Russia and Japan: The Russian Perspective

Vassili Molodiakov

14 Cultural Interactions between Japan and Russia: The Japanese Perspective

Takayuki Yokota-Murakami

Part 6: Perceptions of the Other

15 Russian Perceptions of Japan

Leonid Smorgunov and Olga Ignatjeva.

16 Japan's Perceptions of Russia

Alexander Bukh

17 The Troublemaker? Russian Perceptions of the Role of the United States in Russia-Japan Relations

James D.J. Brown

18 The Role of the United States in the Peace Treaty Negotiations

19 The Role of China in Russia-Japan Relations: The Russian Perspective

Natasha Kuhrt

20 The Role of China in Japan-Russia Relations: The Japanese Perspective

Hiroshi Yamazoe

Appendix 1: 1956 Joint Declaration

Appendix 2: Tokyo Declaration (1993)

Appendix 3: Moscow Declaration (1998)

Appendix 4: Irkutsk Statement (2001)

Appendix 5: Foreign Ministry Statement (2022)

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2024).

ISBN:

1-003-69715-1

90-485-6343-7

9781003697152

OCLC:

1415229555