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Paradoxes of Tokyo’s “sanctions diplomacy:” from Kuril impotence to toxic legacy of WW II

11:03 15.09.2026 Oleg Paramonov

Paradoxes of Tokyo’s “sanctions diplomacy:” from Kuril impotence to toxic legacy of WW II

The current crisis in Russian-Japanese relations, caused by Tokyo conservatives’ hardline anti-Russian stance is increasingly driving Sanae Takaichi’s government into a "diplomatic dead end." Attempts to exert pressure on Moscow are running up against geopolitical, military, and economic realities though. Japan’s diplomacy toward Russia is defined by a strategic paradox, …

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