By 4 February 1904, no formal reply had been received from Saint Petersburg. On 6 February the Japanese minister to Russia, Kurino Shin'ichirō, was recalled, and Japan severed diplomatic relations with Russia.
By 4 February 1904 no formal reply had been received, from Saint Petersburg. On 6 February the Japanese minister to Russi,a, Kurino Shin'ichirō was recalled, and Japan severed diplomatic relations with Russia.