Russia was a concern for Japan even before President Vladimir Putin unleashed his armed forces on Ukraine. The Kremlin has maintained Russia’s illegal occupation of Japanese islands – our “Northern Territories” – seized by Stalin after Japan’s surrender in the Pacific War.
但唤醒日本外交政策野心的并不仅仅是中国。甚至在普京总统兴军入侵乌克兰之前，俄罗斯问题就一直令日本担忧。克里姆林宫一直非法占领日本列岛——我们的“北方领土”——日本在太平洋战场投降后上述岛屿就落入了斯大林手中。