CiNii Books - Between Tokyo and Moscow : the history of an uneasy relationship, 1972 to the 1990s

'This well-structured book is just what is needed now to understand the background of Japanese-Russian relations at the beginning of a very confusing period.' (Professor Reinhard Drifts, East Asia Centre, Univ. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne). Tension and mutual suspicion have marked the relationship between Russia and Japan since official contacts were established in the mid-19th century. Similar perceptions predominate today inspite of the overthrow of communism in Russia and the end of the Cold War; indeed resurgent Russian nationalism makes less likely an accommodation with Japan over issues such as the status of the Kurile Islands, which the Soviet Union seized at the end of World War 11 and which are regarded by the Russian military as non-negotiable. Japan demands that the Kuriles must be returned before full relations are established and Japanese aid and investment can start to flow. Russia, however, fears the strategic threat posed by Japan and the huge economic power at its disposal.

Table of Contents

The International Framework
Japan's Policies
Japan and the Sino-American Rapprochement
Japan's Aims
The Territorial Question
The Beginnings of Cooperation
Japan's Entanglement in the Sino-Soviet Conflict
Security Policy
After Gorbachev.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Between Tokyo and Moscow : the history of an uneasy relationship, 1972 to the 1990s

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

Available at 42 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Description and Table of Contents

Details

Export