Between Tokyo and Moscow
Subtitle: the history of an uneasy relationship, 1972 to the 1990s
By: Joachim Glaubitz.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Japan -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Japan.; Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.
Description: Tension and mutual suspicion have marked the relationship between Russia and Japan since official contacts were established in the mid-nineteenth century. Similar perceptions predominate today in spite of the overthrow of Communism in Russia and the end of the Cold War.

Indeed resurgent Russian nationalism makes an accommodation with Japan less likely over issues such as the status of the Kurile islands, which the Soviet Union seized at the end of Second World War 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-300) and indexes.