Wait, New Japan Just Forgot About Russia? –A political consequence of Japanese election 2013 on Russia-Japan relations

... concluding that even the LDP’s supermajority both at the upper and lower congress does not guarantee a smooth and swift policymaking process, let alone the realization of LDP’s final foreign policy objectives. That said, the last election certainly ... ... two salient political consequence of the last election from a perspective of Russian interest. 1. Pivotal triangle of U.S.-China-Japan relations (constitutional amendment; Foreign relations and national security) Today’s U.S.-Japan relations ...