Gen. Valery Gerasimov, warned Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo that military exercises conducted by the United States around the Korean Peninsula will destabilize the region. Apparently with such exercises in mind, Gerasimov told Onodera at the outset of their talks, “Exercises in surrounding areas would increase tension and bring instability.” Onodera sought Russia's cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations, saying Moscow has “big clout” with North Korea. See also Russians in Japan Japanese people in Russia Empire of Japan–Russian Empire relations Japan–Soviet Union relations Ninja-Russia relations, on Japanese spies International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919) Diplomatic history of World War I International relations (1919–1939) Diplomatic history of World War II Cold War International relations since 1989 References General - Japan Further reading Allison, Graham, Hiroshi Kimura and Konstantin Sarkisov, eds. Beyond Cold War to Trilateral Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Scenarios for new relationships between Japan, Russia, and the United States (Harvard University Press, 1993) Brown, James D.J. "Japan's foreign relations with Russia." in James D.J. Brown and Jeff Kingston, eds. Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia (2018): 248–61. Brown, James D.J. Japan, Russia and their territorial dispute: The northern delusion. (Routledge, 2016). Ferguson, Joseph. Japanese-Russian Relations, 1907-2007 (Routledge, 2008) Hara, Kimie. Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945: A Difficult Peace (1998) online Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. The Northern Territories Dispute And Russo-Japanese Relations" volume 1: Between War and Peace, 1697-1985 (Research Series-Institute Of International Studies University Of California Berkeley (1998). Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. The Northern Territories Dispute And Russo-Japanese Relations: Volume 2-Neither War Nor Peace, 1985-1998. (Research Series-Institute Of International Studies University Of California Berkeley (1998). Hyodo, Shinji. "Russia's Strategic Concerns in the Arctic and Its Impact on Japan–Russia Relations." Strategic Analysis 38.6 (2014): 860–871. Kimura, Hiroshi. Japanese-Russian Relations Under Brezhnev and Andropov (M.E. Sharpe. 2000) Kimura, Hiroshi. Japanese-Russian Relations Under Gorbachev and Yeltsin (Routledge, 2016). Moore, Harriet L. Soviet Far Eastern Policy, 1931-1945 (Princeton UP, 1945). online Rozman, Gilbert and Sergey Radchenko, eds. International Relations and Asia's Northern Tier (Palgrave, Singapore, 2018) excerpt Rozman, Gilbert, ed. Japan and Russia: The Tortuous Path to Normalization, 1949-1999 (2000) Yakhontoff, Victor A. Russia And The Soviet Union In The Far East (1932) online External links Embassy of Japan in Moscow Consulate-General of Japan in Khabarovsk Consulate-General of Japan in Saint Petersburg Consulate-General of Japan in Vladivostok Consulate-General of Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Embassy of the Russian Federation in Tokyo Consulate-General of the