RUSSIA JAPAN RELATIONS | A COMPLEX MULTI-LAYER STORY
Global Affairs Session 62 2 July 2026 RUSSIA AND JAPAN A complex relationship Russia and Japan share a strategic relationship defined by proximity, rivalry, and unfinished war. From border treaties and the 1904–05 war to the unresolved Kuril/Northern Territories dispute, energy dependence, sanctions over Ukraine, and Japan’s U.S. alliance, cooperation remains limited while security mistrust deepens across Northeast Asia.