Handbook of Japan-Russian Relations  Contents

(Kazuhiko Togo and Dmitry Streltsov, editors)

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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 San Francisco Peace Treaty (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 and 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 Nelidov); 12. The Possibility of Japan-Russia Joint Response to Disasters in Sakhalin and its Surrounding Areas (Ryo Omatsu); 

 

Part 5: Culture: 

13. Cultural Interactions between Russia and Japan: The Russian Perspective  (Vasily E. 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 V. Smorgunov and Olga Ignatjeva); 16. Japan’s Perceptions of Russia (Alexander Bukh); 

 

Part 7: International Relations and Diplomacy: The Roles of the US and China: 

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 Japan-Russia Relations (Peace Treaty Negotations): The Japanese Perspective (Kazuhiko Togo); 19. The Role of China in Japan-Russia 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: Russian Foreign Ministry Statement (2022).

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