Eurasian Diplomacy in Japan, 1997–2001

Japan's Northern Territories (in red).

President Yeltsin and Prime Minister Hashimoto at the April 19, 1998, Japan-Russia Summit held in Kanawa, Shizuoka Prefecture (photograph courtesy of Fujifotos/Aflo).

Prime Minister Obuchi meets President Yeltsin on November 16, 1998, at the Japan-Russia Summit in Moscow (photograph courtesy of Sankei Shimbun).

President Putin and Prime Minister Mori at the Japan-Russia Summit in Irkhutsk, held on March 25, 2001 (photograph courtesy of Reuters/Aflo).