Northern Territories Dispute: Japanese-Russian Relations
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Start Date
20-4-2018 9:15 AM
End Date
20-4-2018 10:30 AM
Keywords
Japan, Russia, Politics
Biography
Nicholas Dietrich is a Japanese major in his senior year at Marshall University. Nicholas' research interests include Russo-Japanese sociopolitical relations and nationalism in Japan.
Major
Japanese
Advisor for this project
Dr. Natsuki Anderson
Abstract
Since the conclusion of World War II, and Japan’s subsequent surrender to allied forces, Russia and Japan have had a tepid relationship, exacerbated by the fact that a formal peace treaty was never signed between them. Some animosity has spilled over into a long-held dispute over lands that Japan calls the “Northern Territories”. There are rays of hope for relieving the tensions in the form of economic cooperation and a shared wariness of the growing Chinese presence as an economic and military powerhouse, among other factors. This paper will address the question: How can Russia and Japan resolve the dispute over these Northern Territories in a peaceful way that is beneficial for all involved?
Northern Territories Dispute: Japanese-Russian Relations
Since the conclusion of World War II, and Japan’s subsequent surrender to allied forces, Russia and Japan have had a tepid relationship, exacerbated by the fact that a formal peace treaty was never signed between them. Some animosity has spilled over into a long-held dispute over lands that Japan calls the “Northern Territories”. There are rays of hope for relieving the tensions in the form of economic cooperation and a shared wariness of the growing Chinese presence as an economic and military powerhouse, among other factors. This paper will address the question: How can Russia and Japan resolve the dispute over these Northern Territories in a peaceful way that is beneficial for all involved?
