Home> Archive> 2022> Volume 12 Number 3 (Aug. 2022)
IJSSH 2022 Vol.12(3): 137-144 ISSN: 2010-3646
doi: 10.18178/ijssh.2022.V12.1080

How to Understand USSR-Japan Bilateral Relations in the Cold War: Based on the Issue of Japanese Prisoners of War

Yichen Hao

Abstract—One of the most significant bilateral relations for Japan was with the Soviet Union in the Cold War, but unsolved problems created barriers for USSR-Japan relations, especially for internment of Japanese prisoners of war and civilians in Siberia, which refers to the Siberia issue. As an obstacle in USSR-Japan relations, the interpretation of its impacts is limited due to the lack of various perspectives. To address this limitation, this paper will use the case study method to discuss both Japan and Soviet Union’s stances in the Siberia issue, explore the Soviet Union’s strategies in Japan and Asia Pacific, and reveal the nature of USSR-Japan relations. In this process, I find that both compromise and conflicts involve in their relations, and the ambitions of the Soviet Union becomes stronger and stronger in the big picture of the Cold War.

Index Terms—Cold war, Japan bilateral relations, Japanese prisoners of war, Siberia issue.

Yichen Hao is with University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK (e-mail: 2431178h@student.gla.ac.uk).  

[PDF]

Cite: Yichen Hao , "How to Understand USSR-Japan Bilateral Relations in the Cold War: Based on the Issue of Japanese Prisoners of War," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 137-144, 2022.

Copyright © 2022 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).

PREVIOUS PAPER
NEXT PAPER

Copyright © 2008-2024. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity. All rights reserved.

E-mail: ijssh.editorial.office@gmail.com