| INTERNAL AND FOREIGN POLICY |
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| Valery Kistanov. The Policy of Japan in Northeast Asia: Certain Issues and Trends |
7 |
| Oleg Kazakov. Russian-Japanese relations in 2014 |
20 |
| Olga Dobrinskaya. The Characteristic Features of Japan’s Soft Power in Central Asia |
36 |
| Eva Arutyunyan. Japan’s Policy in the Persian Gulf Region During the Periods of Iran – Iraq War and Iran – Kuwait Conflict |
57 |
| ECONOMICS AND SOCIETY |
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| Nelly Leshchenko. The History of the Nakai House from the Province of Omi |
65 |
| Larisa Zhilina. Tell me: Who is your friend? Japan VS China |
76 |
| Ksenia Naka. The Nobel Prize of Shinya Yamanaka as an Occasion for Rethinking the Role of Science and the Mission of a Scientist in Japan |
92 |
| Ekaterina Bolshova, Alina Scherbakova, Denis Scherbakov. Investment cooperation of Japan with Brazil and Mexico: current state and perspectives |
104 |
| HISTORY |
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| Anastasia Lozhkina. The All-Union Society for Cultural Ties with Abroad and the Development of Soviet-Japanese cultural relations (1925–1939) |
119 |
| Vladimir Datsyshen. The Japanese in the Descriptions of the Participants of the Soviet-Japanese war of 1945 |
132 |
| CULTURE |
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| Evgeny Baksheev. On Ryukyuan Cosmogonic Myths |
144 |
| Yury Kuzhel. Buddhist Dry-lacquer Statues and Clay Sculptures |
166 |
| Vasily Molodyakov. The Japan of Claude Farrere: the Image of the Country and its Politics through the Eyes of a French Intellectual |
182 |
| Olga Zaberezhnaya. The Ethical Thought of the Japanese White Birch Society (Shirakabaha) – the Problem of Egoism |
198 |
| Aida Suleimenova. The birth of the New Woman in Japan and the point of view of Okamoto Kanoko |
201 |
| Катасонова Е.Л. Якудза-эйга: история жанра |
225 |
| ПРОБА ПЕРА |
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| Егорова Н.Н. Путь японской книги: история печатной книги от древности до наших дней |
241 |
SPECIAL ISSUE
О национальной идентичности России и Японии. Часть 1. |
253 |
| Панов А.Н. Введение |
263 |
| Саркисов К.О., Панов А.Н. Россия и Япония: Особенности исторического развития в XVI - XVIII веках |
289 |
| Панов А.Н. Эпоха реформ в России и Японии (середина XIX века - начало XX века) |
304 |
| The Authors of the Yearbook Japan 2015 |
338 |
| Summaries |
340 |
| For the Authors |
344 |
