... the House of Councillors. Earlier Masaji Matsuyama worked as State Secretary, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting with the Japanese members of parliament: development of Russian-Japanese bilateral relations, security issues in North-Eastern Asia, situation in Asia-Pacific region in general. The meeting was mediated by the Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toehisa Kodzuki.
... openly contentious ones. Accordingly, there were no preliminary consultations shrouded in mystery this time. Nor were there any dramatic twists that could have led in any direction. In general, the entire process was in keeping with the overall nature of Russia–Japan relations as they have developed in recent years.
Tadashi Maeda:
Russia–Japan: Smaller Steps for Bigger Results
Those who keep an eye on these relations will definitely see the inherent asymmetry of the parties’ positions and interests. On ...
... Japan’s strategic engagement in Australia, Korea, Southeast Asia, and India can be viewed in this context. Russia is also a part of this strategy — obviously, because of China. China is among our top strategic concerns. Japan wants to achieve better Japan-Russia coordination, starting from the economy, but also to gain political trust – to have a strategic relationship that will at least diversify the Chinese strategic calculus in Asia.
What we do not want to see is the Russia-China entente, or entanglement,...
... the prospects for forming a new world order and reforming the global architecture under Trump administration, the priorities of the US’s foreign in Asia and Washington-Tokyo relations, implications of the change of administration in the US on Russia-Japan ties, Moscow-Washington dialogue and prospects of thaw, possible effects of US’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as results of the meeting between Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe held in February, 2017.
... Director General, met with Kuni Miyake, Foreign Policy President, Canon Institute for Global Studies (
CIGS
).
The parties discussed security and development issues in Northeast Asia, the relations within Russia-China-U.S. triangle and prospects of Russia-Japan cooperation in various spheres.
Hideaki Ishii, advisor, Japan's embassy to Russia, participated in the discussion.
... “by-pass” that would allow progress in peace talks that have been stalled for a long time.
The tangible results of the visit include detailed agreements on economic cooperation, covering Abe’s “8-point plan.” At the summit that also included Russia-Japan business forum, the parties signed 1 interstate, 11 intergovernmental and 68 commercial agreements, which hopefully will significantly strengthen bilateral economic ties that are now are not at their peak. Cooperation projects proposed are reported ...
... the Arctic, their policy frameworks in the region and principal areas of Arctic studies. Authors also explore the Asian states’ positions on the international status of the Arctic. Specific attention is given to the prospects of cooperation between Russia and India, China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore in developing the region.
Authors:
A.N. Fedorovsky, Dr. of Economics (Part 3); L.V. Filippova (Foreword); T.A. Makhmutov, Ph.D. in Political Science (Foreword); H. Nadarajah (Part 5); V.E. Petrovsky, Dr. of Political Science (Part 2); ...
... General
Andrey Kortunov
,
Fyodor Lukyanov
, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine and Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and
Dmitry Trenin
, Director of Moscow Carnegie Center, visited the residence of Japan’s Ambassador to Russia to meet with Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Kimihiro Isikane who is in Moscow on a brief visit.
Moderated by Ambassador Toehisa Kodzuki, the above participants, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials and Moscow-based diplomats discussed current ...
On March 10-11, 2016 the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (
NCAFP
) hosted in New York a conference on relations in the Russia-US-Japan triangle.
Scholars, government officials, diplomats and businessmen participating in the conference discussed security issues in East Asia and trilateral cooperation to address them, as well as enhancing interaction in the energy sector. Particular ...
... did not go for it and made exceptions only for China. Now it will be possible to find a formula of Japanese participation in such projects, in spite of the sanctions," Panov explained.
Regarding the resolution of a long-standing dispute between Russia and Japan over four Pacific Ocean islands, the expert, however, remained skeptical.
"The parties stick to the same positions. The Russian side proceeds from the fact that the ball is on the Japanese side, and Japan should offer some sort of compromise,...
