Japanese-Russian Relations Under Brezhnev and Andropov

This study by the leading Japanese specialist in the field offers a comprehensive analysis of the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations in the 1970s and 1980s -- a period when the two countries clashed over issues ranging from military security to fishing rights and their competing claims to the southern Kuriles, Japan's "Northern Territories", awarded to Stalin at Yalta. Part 1 What Made Japan and the Soviet Union “Distant Neighbors”?; Chapter 1 Basic Determinants of Japanese-Soviet Relations; Chapter 2 Approaches to National Security; Chapter 3 Japanese and Soviet Views on Territory; Part 2 Soviet Policies Toward Japan; Chapter 4 Soviet Policy Toward Asia; Chapter 5 Soviet Strategy and Tactics Toward Japan; Part 3 The Deterioration in Japanese-Soviet Relations; Chapter 6 Japanese and Soviet Negotiating Behavior; Chapter 7 The Conclusion of the Japan-China Peace Treaty (1978); Chapter 8 The Soviets Propose Substitute Treaties; Part 4 A Changing Global Environment; Chapter 9 The Impact of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (1979); Chapter 10 From Clouded to “Somewhat Crystal”; Chapter 11 Andropov’s Policy; conclusion Conclusions;