Asymmetry and Development of Russia-Japan Relations

... conducive to promoting peace and developing the region. Japan faced the complicated task of striking a balancing stance on the “Skripal case” between the interests of western countries, primarily the US, and Russia. In March 2018, Ministers of Foreign ... ... ceremony of launching “cross years” of Russia in Japan and Japan in Russia held at the Bolshoi Theatre and attended by Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin, should launch a huge number of events in culture and humanitarian cooperation, public and youth exchanges, tourism,...