Progress and Limits of Russia-Japan Relations

• 作者: Wang Haibin
• 来源期刊: 中国国际问题研究
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 163-184
• 页数: 22页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

In his first phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 29, 2020, Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed his willingness to "develop the overall relationship between Japan and Russia" and "stressed the need to put an end to the Northern Territories issue without leaving it to the next generation." In response, Putin said that he intended to continue discussing all bilateral issues.1 The two sides also reaffirmed that they would "continue efforts to comprehensively advance Russia-Japan relations for the peoples of the two countries and the entire Asia-Pacific region."2 Looking ahead to Russia-Japan relations after Suga came to power, it is still necessary to review the relations during the administration of his predecessor Shinzo Abe, who has made positive attempts, so as to better understand the features, cruxes and the future direction of Russia-Japan relations.