... involving weapons of mass destruction, and the economic and social problems will be so great that they may jeopardize the country’s status and economic position. Moving on to China and Russia, they do not want to see a conflict breaking out on the Korean peninsula and call for stability, in the hope that it may eventually lead to the peaceful coexistence of the two Koreas. As for Japan, the country has an irrational fear of North Korea, but has not developed an official position on the issue, and in any case does not have the military might to change the situation on its own.
Thus, a calm, albeit somewhat forced, has fallen on ...
... of senior managers from the leading Japanese financial, industrial, logistics, and consulting companies, and Japanese experts on regional and global security issues.
The following issues were discussed during the meeting: topical aspects of Russian-Japanese relations, the prospects for resolving the security crisis on the Korean peninsula, the dynamics of the military-political situation in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the new global threats to international stability.
Japanese visitors got an overview of RIAC projects on Asia-Pacific regional issues and Russia-Japan ...
... Affairs.
The sides exchanged opinions on the pending issues of international relations. Special emphasis was given to the state of Russia-the U.S. contacts, the peculiarities of the U.S. foreign policy at D.Trump administration, and security issues on the Korean Peninsula. The viability of Russia-Japan contacts at expert level was noted as important in the development of cooperation potential between the two countries.
Timur Makhmutov
, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, and Kensuke Yoshida, Director of Political Affairs, Embassy of Japan to Russia,...
... remain in South Korea.
This could be followed by a UN peace conference on the Korean Peninsula that could deal with issues related to reaching a peace agreement; establishing diplomatic relations between North and South Korea, the United States and Japan; ensuring the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; scaling down armaments and armed forces; developing economic cooperation between the two Korean governments; and providing economic aid to Pyongyang. The conference could be attended by the UN Secretary-General, the five permanent members ...
... anti-aircraft and ballistic missile defence; anti-submarine and surface ships warfare; supporting the amphibious operation or suppressing enemy’s military and economic infrastructure. In the Asia Pacific Aegis-equipped ships are deployed by the USA, Japan and Republic of Korea. There are plans in Australia, Canada, Taiwan to build such destroyers. Moreover China and Russia have Aegis analogs of indigenous design. It’s notable that Aegis-equipped ships are the backbone of the Japanese and Korean ...
It was on 30 August 2011, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) issued a landmark decision on a case of former comfort women claiming compensation from the Japanese government. In view of obtaining compensations for former comfort women, the Court ordered the South Korean Government “to take steps for dispute settlement under Article 3 of the Agreement [of 1965 on the settlement of post-colonial claims]1)....
