A history of Russo-Japanese relations : : over two centuries of cooperation and competition / / edited by Dmitry V. Streltsov and Shimotomai Nobuo.

• TeilnehmendeR: Strelʹt︠s︡ov, D. V.; Shimotomai, Nobuo, 1948-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Library 66.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (659 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright page --; Foreword /; Preface /; 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 /; Russo-Japanese Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exploration and Negotiation /; -- The Diplomatic Dimension of the Russo-Japanese War: the Portsmouth Conference and Its Aftermath /; Russia and Japan in the Late 19th to 20th Centuries: the Road to War and Peace /; -- Japanese-Russian Relations after the Treaty of Portsmouth: between Friendship and Suspicion /; Russo-Japanese Relations from 1905 to 1916: from Enemies to Allies /; -- World War I, Revolution, and Intervention: from the Perspective of the Japanese Diaspora in Russia /; Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War and Japanese Troops in Russia’s Far East, 1918–1922 /; -- Japanese-Russian Relations in the 1920s: Struggles between Anti-Soviet and Pro-Soviet Forces /; Soviet-Japanese Relations in the 1920s: from Hostility to Coexistence /; -- Japan’s Policy toward the Soviet Union, 1931–1941: the Japanese-Soviet Non-aggression Pact /; Soviet-Japanese Relations after the Manchurian Incident, 1931–1939 /; -- Wartime Relations between Japan and the Soviet Union, 1941–1945 /; Soviet-Japanese Relations during World War II: the Origins of Territorial Dispute /; -- The Reality of the Siberian Internment: Japanese Captives in the Soviet Union and Their Movements after Repatriation /; The “Маnchurian Blitzkrieg” of 1945 and Japanese Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union /; -- From Peace to the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations: Soviet-Japanese Territorial Relations, 1951–1970 /; Postwar Relations between the USSR and Japan from the Late 1940s to the 1950s /; -- Soviet-Japanese Relations and the Principle of the “Indivisibility of Politics and Economics,” 1960–1985 /; Soviet-Japanese Relations from 1960 to 1985: an Era of Ups and Downs /; -- The Rise to Power of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Policy of “Expanding Equilibrium” /; Perestroika and Russian-Japanese Relations, 1985–1991 /; -- From the Tokyo Declaration to the Irkutsk Statement, 1991 to 2001 /; Russian Policy toward Japan, 1992–2001: from Over-optimism to Realism in Developing Relations /; -- Japanese-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, 2001–2015 /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004400850
• ISSN: 0925-6512
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Dmitry V. Streltsov and Shimotomai Nobuo.

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.