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A History of Russo-Japanese Relations
Over Two Centuries of Cooperation and Competition
Series: - Brill's Japanese Studies Library, Volume: 66
This publication is the result of a three-year research project between eminent Russian and Japanese historians. It offers an an in-depth analysis of the history of relations between Russia and Japan from the 18th century until the present day. The format of the publication as a parallel history presents views and interpretations from Russian and Japanese perspectives that showcase the differences and the similarities in their joint history. The fourteen core sections, organized along chronological lines, provide assessments on the complex and sensitive issues of bilateral Russo-Japanese relations, including the territory problem as well as economic exchange.
Dmitry V. STRELTSOV is head of the Afro-Asian Department at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University). He is the author of numerous academic works, including the book Vneshnepoliticheskie prioritety Yaponii v Aziatsko-Tikhookeanskom regione (The Foreign Policy Priorities of Japan in the Asia Pacific, 2015).
SHIMOTOMAI Nobuo is professor at the Faculty of Law and Politics, HÅsei University, Tokyo. He specializes in Russian and CIS history, and has been an honorary research fellow and visiting scholar at various institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. His recent publications include Kami to kakumei (God and Revolution, 2017).
SHIMOTOMAI Nobuo is professor at the Faculty of Law and Politics, HÅsei University, Tokyo. He specializes in Russian and CIS history, and has been an honorary research fellow and visiting scholar at various institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. His recent publications include Kami to kakumei (God and Revolution, 2017).
Foreword
âIokibe Makoto
Foreword
âAnatoliÄ V. Torkunov
Preface
âDmitry V. Streltsov and Shimotomai Nobuo
Notes to Readers
Notes on Contributors
The Legacy of the 18th and 19th Centuries: from Hierarchical and Ethnocentric Foreign Relations to a Western Model of Equal International Relations
âIkuta Michiko
Russo-Japanese Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exploration and Negotiation
âSergey V. Grishachev
The Diplomatic Dimension of the Russo-Japanese War: the Portsmouth Conference and Its Aftermath
âTosh Minohara
Russia and Japan in the Late 19th to 20th Centuries: the Road to War and Peace
âIgor V. Lukoyanov
Japanese-Russian Relations after the Treaty of Portsmouth: between Friendship and Suspicion
âKurosawa Fumitaka
Russo-Japanese Relations from 1905 to 1916: from Enemies to Allies
âYuriÄ S. Pestushko and Yaroslav A. Shulatov
World War I, Revolution, and Intervention: from the Perspective of the Japanese Diaspora in Russia
âHara Teruyuki
Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War and Japanâs Troops in Russiaâs Far East, 1918â1922
âSergey V. Grishachev and Vladimir G. Datsyshen
Japanese-Russian Relations in the 1920s: Struggles between Anti-Soviet and Pro-Soviet Forces
âTomita Takeshi
Soviet-Japanese Relations in the 1920s: from Hostility to Coexistence
âVladimir A. Grinyuk, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Anastasia S. Lozhkina
Japanâs Policy toward the Soviet Union, 1931â1941: the Japanese-Soviet Non-aggression Pact
âTobe RyÅchi
âTranslated by Radmir Compel
Soviet-Japanese Relations after the Manchurian Incident, 1931â1939
âAnastasia S. Lozhkina, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Kirill E. Cherevko
Wartime Relations between Japan and the Soviet Union, 1941â1945
âHatano Sumio
Issues of Dispute in Soviet-Japanese Relations during World War II: the Origins of Territorial Dispute
âAndrey I. Kravtsevich
The Reality of the Siberian Internment: Japanese Captives in the Soviet Union and Their Movements after Repatriation
âTomita Takeshi
âTranslated by Sherzod Muminov
The âÐаnchurian Blitzkriegâ of 1945 and Japanese Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union
âAlekseiÌ A. Ðirichenko
From Peace to the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations: Soviet-Japanese Territorial Relations, 1951â1970
âKouno Yasuko and Shimotomai Nobuo
âTranslated by Robert D. Eldridge
Postwar Relations between the USSR and Japan from the Late 1940s to the 1950s
âSergey V. Chugrov
Soviet-Japanese Relations and the Principle of the âIndivisibility of Politics and Economics,â 1960â1985
âOzawa Haruko
âTranslated by Sherzod Muminov
Soviet-Japanese Relations from 1960 to 1985: an Era of Ups and Downs
âViktor V. Kuzâminkov and Viktor N. Pavlyatenko
The Rise to Power of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Policy of âExpanding Equilibriumâ
âShimotomai Nobuo
Perestroika and Russian-Japanese Relations, 1985â1991
âKonstantin O. Sarkisov
From the Tokyo Declaration to the Irkutsk Statement, 1991 to 2001
âTÅgÅ Kazuhiko
Russian Policy toward Japan, 1992â2001: from Over-optimism to Realism in Developing Relations
âAlexander N. Panov
Japanese-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, 2001â2015
âKawaraji Hidetake
Russia and Japan at the Beginning of the 21st Century: an Era of Untapped Potential
âOleg I. Kazakov, ValeriiÌ O. Kistanov and Dmitry V. Streltsov
The âNorthern Territoriesâ Problem: a Continuing Legacy of the San Francisco System
âKimie Hara
The Territorial Issue in Russian-Japanese Relations: an Overview
âDmitry V. Streltsov
List of Names
Index
âIokibe Makoto
Foreword
âAnatoliÄ V. Torkunov
Preface
âDmitry V. Streltsov and Shimotomai Nobuo
Notes to Readers
Notes on Contributors
The Legacy of the 18th and 19th Centuries: from Hierarchical and Ethnocentric Foreign Relations to a Western Model of Equal International Relations
âIkuta Michiko
Russo-Japanese Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exploration and Negotiation
âSergey V. Grishachev
The Diplomatic Dimension of the Russo-Japanese War: the Portsmouth Conference and Its Aftermath
âTosh Minohara
Russia and Japan in the Late 19th to 20th Centuries: the Road to War and Peace
âIgor V. Lukoyanov
Japanese-Russian Relations after the Treaty of Portsmouth: between Friendship and Suspicion
âKurosawa Fumitaka
Russo-Japanese Relations from 1905 to 1916: from Enemies to Allies
âYuriÄ S. Pestushko and Yaroslav A. Shulatov
World War I, Revolution, and Intervention: from the Perspective of the Japanese Diaspora in Russia
âHara Teruyuki
Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War and Japanâs Troops in Russiaâs Far East, 1918â1922
âSergey V. Grishachev and Vladimir G. Datsyshen
Japanese-Russian Relations in the 1920s: Struggles between Anti-Soviet and Pro-Soviet Forces
âTomita Takeshi
Soviet-Japanese Relations in the 1920s: from Hostility to Coexistence
âVladimir A. Grinyuk, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Anastasia S. Lozhkina
Japanâs Policy toward the Soviet Union, 1931â1941: the Japanese-Soviet Non-aggression Pact
âTobe RyÅchi
âTranslated by Radmir Compel
Soviet-Japanese Relations after the Manchurian Incident, 1931â1939
âAnastasia S. Lozhkina, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Kirill E. Cherevko
Wartime Relations between Japan and the Soviet Union, 1941â1945
âHatano Sumio
Issues of Dispute in Soviet-Japanese Relations during World War II: the Origins of Territorial Dispute
âAndrey I. Kravtsevich
The Reality of the Siberian Internment: Japanese Captives in the Soviet Union and Their Movements after Repatriation
âTomita Takeshi
âTranslated by Sherzod Muminov
The âÐаnchurian Blitzkriegâ of 1945 and Japanese Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union
âAlekseiÌ A. Ðirichenko
From Peace to the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations: Soviet-Japanese Territorial Relations, 1951â1970
âKouno Yasuko and Shimotomai Nobuo
âTranslated by Robert D. Eldridge
Postwar Relations between the USSR and Japan from the Late 1940s to the 1950s
âSergey V. Chugrov
Soviet-Japanese Relations and the Principle of the âIndivisibility of Politics and Economics,â 1960â1985
âOzawa Haruko
âTranslated by Sherzod Muminov
Soviet-Japanese Relations from 1960 to 1985: an Era of Ups and Downs
âViktor V. Kuzâminkov and Viktor N. Pavlyatenko
The Rise to Power of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Policy of âExpanding Equilibriumâ
âShimotomai Nobuo
Perestroika and Russian-Japanese Relations, 1985â1991
âKonstantin O. Sarkisov
From the Tokyo Declaration to the Irkutsk Statement, 1991 to 2001
âTÅgÅ Kazuhiko
Russian Policy toward Japan, 1992â2001: from Over-optimism to Realism in Developing Relations
âAlexander N. Panov
Japanese-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, 2001â2015
âKawaraji Hidetake
Russia and Japan at the Beginning of the 21st Century: an Era of Untapped Potential
âOleg I. Kazakov, ValeriiÌ O. Kistanov and Dmitry V. Streltsov
The âNorthern Territoriesâ Problem: a Continuing Legacy of the San Francisco System
âKimie Hara
The Territorial Issue in Russian-Japanese Relations: an Overview
âDmitry V. Streltsov
List of Names
Index
All interested in the history of Russo-Japanese relations, particularly in the territorial problem, and international relations in general.