Reviewing The Relationship Of Russia And Japan From The New Trends In Northern Territories Dispute

Over the years,the Northern Territories dispute has been the stubborn obstacles thathinder the development of Russo-Japanese relations. In November2010，RussianPresident Dmitry Medvedev boarded Russia-Japan disputed islands, the move triggered anew round of Russian-Japanese territorial contest，Russia and Japan are reaction stronglyin the follow-up developments in their respective adopted a series of initiatives to showtheir tough stance,Russo-Japanese territories dispute escalated， Russo-Japaneserelations for bad.These latest situation for China is very noteworthy，on the one hand，Russia and Japan，the most important neighbors of China，the Russo-Japanese relationstoward the external environment for China to create a very important sense；on the otherhand，the Russo-Japanese territories dispute from escalating brought a series of negativeeffects,it will be detrimental China that has always advocated the maintenance ofregional peace and stability. This article will be based on new trends in Russian-Japaneseterritories dispute，combined with historical and real analysis of the Russian-Japaneseterritories dispute escalating multiple influencing factors，explore the prospect of theNorthern Territories between Russia and Japan on this basis. The main content of thispaper is broadly divided into four parts：The first part is a historical retrospective of the Northern Territories issue. History ofthe northern territory ownership changed constantly，before World War II，Russia andJapan disputed islands owned by Japan. the actual jurisdiction of the Soviet Union duringWorld War II occupation of the Northern Territories by virtue of the“Postan notice”，theirintegration into the territory after World War II San Francisco and meeting the SovietUnion has not signed the“San Francisco Peace Treaty”，the resulting in the NorthernTerritories dispute and became a World War II heritage. After World War II，the SovietUnion and Japan established diplomatic relations several rounds of negotiations，but theNorthern Territories dispute has never been able to solve，and lead to a peace treatydelays concluded.The second part was the Russo-Japanese relations of the northern territory. After thecollapse of the Soviet Union， the Northern Territories dispute continues to theRusso-Japanese relations. Russia and Japan began working to improve relations，andmade great efforts to solve the Northern Territory dispute. But by a series of factors of thestrategic and economic value of the two countries’ domestic politics as well as the disputed islands，the Russian-Japanese territories dispute continued to obscure，itbecome the biggest bottleneck restricting the development of Russo-Japanese relations.The third part is the new trend of Russian-Japanese territorial dispute. Combinedwith the background of the medvedev on island to view the development， the Russianoffensive in the territorial dispute and occupy a favorable position，while Japan is at adisadvantage，but refused to compromise. The Northern Territories dispute in Russia andJapan irreconcilable contradictions，and both series of initiatives behind their own deepintentions，the Russian-Japanese territories dispute upgrade is the result of multiplefactors working together.The fourth part is the influence and inspiration of the new trends in Russian-Japaneseterritories dispute. Although the Russian-Japanese territories dispute upgrade hasresulted in the deterioration of Russian-Japanese relations，but the Northern Territoriesissue has act by the position of strength between the two countries，the strategicsituation and the impact of changes in interest orientation. So the Russo-Japaneserelations still room for maneuver，but as long as the Northern Territories dispute can not besolved，Russo-Japanese relations is difficult to develop smoothly. Another new trend ofRussian-Japanese territories dispute in international relations，regional stability，thestrategic situation in the three regional situation in Northeast Asia had an impact. Thisseries of changes also bring some inspiration for our country：on the one hand，we shouldcorrect view of the Russo-Japanese relations，on the other hand we can learn deftnessfrom Russia’s.In addition to a brief overview of the foregoing，the final conclusion also pointed outthe new trend of Russian-Japanese territories dispute，it reflects some new changes inthe Russo-Japanese relations. Generally，the Russo-Japanese relations will not changesubstantially. By the Northern Territories dispute affects，the Russo-Japanese relationscontinue to develop in the future space，however，not very smoothly.