Aug 21,2013 Topics of the Month Japan-Russia Relations – 2 Two commentaries were made by Iwashita Akihiro and Konstantin Sarkisov, both long-time experts on Japan-Russia relations whom I respect. Iwashita’s comments are mostly related to the evaluation of Japan-Russia relations from the Cold War to the present, obliging me to explain why I see certain things as I do and why I cannot agree with […] Kazuhiko Togo Alexander Panov , Hashimoto Ryutaro , International relations theory , Kawana proposal , Putin , Shinzo Abe , Yeltsin