Japan–Russia relations

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Japan–Russia relations are the modern bilateral relations between Japan and Russia, following Empire of Japan–Russian Empire relations (1855–1917) and Japan–Soviet Union relations (1917–1991). Relations between the two nations have been tepid at the political level since the end of World War II, and both countries have intensified sanctions against each other after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Historically, the two countries had cordial relations until a clash of territorial ambitions in Manchuria led to the Russo–Japanese War of 1904, which ended in a Japanese victory that in turn weakened the House of Romanov's reign in Russia. Japan later intervened in the Russian Civil War (1918–1922), sending troops to the Russian Far East and Siberia, followed by border conflicts between the two countries throughout the 1930s. The two signed a non-aggression pact in 1941, but the Soviet government nevertheless declared war on Japan in 1945 by invading Manchukuo and seizing the Kuril Islands. The...

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