Japanese and Russian Politics

Takashi Inoguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan Dmitry V Streltsov, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia William Smirnov, Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service, Russia Nobuo Shimotomai, Hosei University, Japan Yutaka Harada, Waseda University, Japan Karelova Liubov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Hakamada Shigeki, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan Sergei Chugrov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Akio Kawato, Waseda University, Japan Sergey 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