The “Nixon China Shock” in the Mirror of Japanese Domestic Politics by V. V. Nelidov

“…The paper shows the decentralization of the foreign policy making process, expressed in the limited ability of the Prime Minister to determine foreign policy, the presence of considerable internal contradictions in the MoFA of Japan, the factionalism of the ruling party, and the high degree of dependency of the government’s policy course on the public opinion. …”
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Russian-Japanese Relations: Long-Term Development Factors by D. V. Streltsov

“…On the other hand, Japan and Russia are both interested interest in political cooperation in creating multilateral dialog mechanisms of international security in East Asia, resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, and easing tensions around territorial disputes in the East China and South China seas. …”
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