Japanese and Russian Politics

Takashi Inoguchi, University of Tokyo, JapanDmitry V Streltsov, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, RussiaWilliam Smirnov, Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service, RussiaNobuo Shimotomai, Hosei University, JapanYutaka Harada, Waseda University, JapanKarelova Liubov, Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaHakamada Shigeki, University of Niigata Prefecture, JapanSergei Chugrov, Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaAkio Kawato, Waseda University, JapanSergey Oznobishchev, Institute for Strategic Assessments, Russia

• 1. Introduction - Japan and Russia; Takashi Inoguchi ? PART I: JAPANESE POLITICS: LEADERS, POLITICAL PARTIES AND ECONOMIC POLICY 2.1. Politics of Swings; Takashi Inoguchi 2.2. Political Parties in Disarray; Dmitry Streltsov PART II: RUSSIAN POLITICS: LEADERS, KREMLIN AND POLITICS OF VPERYOD (FORWARD) 3.1. Politics of Volatility; William Smirnov 3.2. Politics of Dictatorship and Pluralism; Nobuo Shimotomai PART III: JAPAN AND RUSSIA ECONOMICS 4.1. Economics Takes Command; Yutaka Harada 4.2. Politics of Modernization; Liubov Karelova PART IV: JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY: "SEARCHING AN HONORABLE PLACE IN THE WORLD" 5.1. Never at Home Abroad; Shigeki Hakamada 5.2. Foreign Policy in Statu Nascendi; Sergey Chugrov PART V: RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY: VPERYOD (RUSSIA GO FORWARD) EASTWARD? 6.1. Improvising at Kremlin; Akio Kawato 6.2. Pragmatic Realism; Sergey Oznobishchev