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Book SynopsisA History of Russo-Japanese Relations offers an in-depth analysis of the history of relations between Russia and Japan from the eighteenth century until the present day, with views and interpretations from Russian and Japanese perspectives that showcase the differences and the similarities in their joint history, including the territory problem as well as economic exchange.
Table of ContentsForeword Iokibe Makoto Foreword Anatoliĭ V. Torkunov Preface Dmitry 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 Ikuta Michiko Russo-Japanese Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exploration and Negotiation Sergey V. Grishachev The Diplomatic Dimension of the Russo-Japanese War: the Portsmouth Conference and Its Aftermath Tosh Minohara Russia and Japan in the Late 19th to 20th Centuries: the Road to War and Peace Igor V. Lukoyanov Japanese-Russian Relations after the Treaty of Portsmouth: between Friendship and Suspicion Kurosawa Fumitaka Russo-Japanese Relations from 1905 to 1916: from Enemies to Allies Yuriĭ S. Pestushko and Yaroslav A. Shulatov World War I, Revolution, and Intervention: from the Perspective of the Japanese Diaspora in Russia Hara Teruyuki Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War and Japan’s Troops in Russia’s Far East, 1918–1922 Sergey V. Grishachev and Vladimir G. Datsyshen Japanese-Russian Relations in the 1920s: Struggles between Anti-Soviet and Pro-Soviet Forces Tomita Takeshi Soviet-Japanese Relations in the 1920s: from Hostility to Coexistence Vladimir A. Grinyuk, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Anastasia S. Lozhkina Japan’s Policy toward the Soviet Union, 1931–1941: the Japanese-Soviet Non-aggression Pact Tobe Ryōchi Translated by Radmir Compel Soviet-Japanese Relations after the Manchurian Incident, 1931–1939 Anastasia S. Lozhkina, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Kirill E. Cherevko Wartime Relations between Japan and the Soviet Union, 1941–1945 Hatano Sumio Issues of Dispute in Soviet-Japanese Relations during World War II: the Origins of Territorial Dispute Andrey I. Kravtsevich The Reality of the Siberian Internment: Japanese Captives in the Soviet Union and Their Movements after Repatriation Tomita Takeshi Translated by Sherzod Muminov The “Маnchurian Blitzkrieg” of 1945 and Japanese Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union Alekseĭ A. Кirichenko From Peace to the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations: Soviet-Japanese Territorial Relations, 1951–1970 Kouno Yasuko and Shimotomai Nobuo Translated by Robert D. Eldridge Postwar Relations between the USSR and Japan from the Late 1940s to the 1950s Sergey V. Chugrov Soviet-Japanese Relations and the Principle of the “Indivisibility of Politics and Economics,” 1960–1985 Ozawa Haruko Translated by Sherzod Muminov Soviet-Japanese Relations from 1960 to 1985: an Era of Ups and Downs Viktor V. Kuz’minkov and Viktor N. Pavlyatenko The Rise to Power of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Policy of “Expanding Equilibrium” Shimotomai Nobuo Perestroika and Russian-Japanese Relations, 1985–1991 Konstantin O. Sarkisov From the Tokyo Declaration to the Irkutsk Statement, 1991 to 2001 Tōgō Kazuhiko Russian Policy toward Japan, 1992–2001: from Over-optimism to Realism in Developing Relations Alexander N. Panov Japanese-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, 2001–2015 Kawaraji Hidetake Russia and Japan at the Beginning of the 21st Century: an Era of Untapped Potential Oleg I. Kazakov, Valeriĭ O. Kistanov and Dmitry V. Streltsov The “Northern Territories” Problem: a Continuing Legacy of the San Francisco System Kimie Hara The Territorial Issue in Russian-Japanese Relations: an Overview Dmitry V. Streltsov List of Names Index
