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Prioritizing a full recovery from the consequences of the extended economic crisis and aspiring to a regional and global leadership role, Tokyo strives to maintain its momentum by creating a force able to efficiently project and defend its interests. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) technical advancement and the extent to which the approach to its use has been honed both seem likely to presage a radical foreign policy shift.
Security Above All
Limited stability
seems the most apt ...
... problems relating to resource supplies, and integration into global economy.
The United States perceives China in the Asia-Pacific region as a challenge, and is striving to prepare its allies to face it. Problems arise in connection with the security of Japan, the Philippines, and with the global and regional balance of forces. As a matter of fact, China’s growth into a superpower fundamentally breaks the equilibrium.
I do not think Russia should regard the United States and China as excessively ...
Interview
Charles E. McJilton is the CEO and founder of Second Harvest Japan (2HJ).
2HJ collects food that would otherwise go to waste from food manufacturers, farmers, and individuals, and distributes it to people in need such as children in orphanages, low-income households, and the homeless.
In this special interview ...
RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov met with officials of Japan’s Foreign Ministry on 30 October.
The meeting was attended by Deputy General Director Takeshi Hikihara of Japan’s Foreign Ministry European Affairs Bureau, Minister-Counselor Tadaatsu Mohri, chief of the Political Affairs Department, Embassy ...
Interview by Alexandre Panov, Chief Researcher, the USA and Canada Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences; corr. member, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
– Alexandre, at APEC 2012, Russia and Japan signed a series of agreements, notably the MoU on the Vladivostok LNG Project. What are the prospects for Russia-Japan cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, including nuclear energy?
– Japan is a unique country, and it signed several ...
Dmitry Streltsov, Head of the MGIMO Oriental Studies Department
On 1 October, Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan, accepted the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers and made new appointments. Ten Ministers out of 18 were replaced. We asked Mr Dmitry ,Streltsov, Head of the MGIMO (Moscow Institute for International Relations of the Russian MFA) Oriental Studies ...
The long-standing territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands has recently deteriorated causing a chill in the relationships between the two countries. The discord between the APR leading powers may adversely affect the situation in the region. We have asked the leading expert in the ...
The report presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Russian-Japanese relations
Report №6 / 2012
The report presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Russian- Japanese relations made by a team of Russian Japanologists within a framework of the Russian International Aff airs Council’s ...
On 24 September 2012, RIAC hosted a conference titled "
Russia-Japan: opportunities, threats, and prospects
". The event featured four sections:
1. Russian-Japanese political relations
2. Potential for the development of trade & economic and research & technology relations
3. Security issues in the Asia Pacific ...
On September 17, 2012 a meeting was held in Alexander House Business Center between RIAC executives and experts and a group of Japanese researchers and journalists.
The participants of the meeting were welcomed by the Council’s General Director A. Kortunov, who introduced to the guests members of the RIAC Working Group for Russian-Japanese Relations: Chief Researcher of ...
