Japan and Russia
Subtitle: The Tortuous Path to Normalization, 1949-1999
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 5, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780312228774
Subjects: Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; Asia - Japan; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; 1945-1991; 20th century; Foreign Relations; Japan; Soviet Union
First sentence: IN JAPANESE-SOVIET AND JAPANESE-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS over the territorial question, the Japanese government has demanded the return of the "Northern four islands," shaking off the fetters resulting from its decision to abandon the Kurile Islands in the San Francisco Peace Treaty.