@article{oai:nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000356,
 author = {KIMURA, Hiroshi},
 journal = {Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {In October 1993, the Russian President Yeltsin visited Japan and conducted negotiations with Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa in order to solve the Northern Territories and other issues.  The parliamentary elections in December 1993 shifted further the political atmosphere in Russia to nationalistic patriotism, which has made Russia's return of the islands to Japan in the near future almost impossible.  On the other hand, when one looks at the Northern Islands, it is important to note that the Russian inhabitants are increasingly favoring the return of the disputed islands to Japan.  This is largely due to the difficulties of every day life, aggravated by the breakup of the U.S.S.R. and further accelerated by the 1994 earthquake.  How can we reconcile these two diametrically opposed phenomena?  Which groups play a more decisive role in Russia's decision-making over the Northern Territories issue: the center (Moscow) or the periphery (the Northern Islands)?  At presents, this is a very difficult question to answer.},
 pages = {61--81},
 title = {The Russian Decision-making Process toward Japan},
 volume = {7},
 year = {1996}
}