Japan in the 1990s / Hisao Kanamori -- Russia's new ruling class / Nodari A. Simonia -- The Yeltsin factor / Nobuo Shimotomai -- On the way to economic deadlock / Ivan S. Tselitschev -- Small business development in Russia / Douglas Barry -- Traditions, institutions, and lessons / Andrei I. Kravtsevich -- Potentials and realities / Tsuneo Akaha -- A retrospective view: a fifth period? / Konstantin O. Sarkisov -- Japan, Russia, and the U.S. role / Robert A. Scalapino -- Status and perspectives: a dialogue / Jiro Kodera -- Making a comeback in Asia / Evgeniy V. Afanasiev and Vladimir I. Ivanov -- The northeast Asian dimension / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa -- Crisis prevention in Korea / Georgiy D. Toloraya -- North Korea and Japan-Russia relations / Hajime Izumi -- Future geoeconomic equation / Steven Rosefielde -- Main events of a new era / Robert Valliant -- The eastern provinces and Moscow / Alexander G. Granberg -- The northeast Asian drift / Pavel A. Minakir -- Japan-Far Eastern Russia relations / Makoto Nobukuni -- Cooperation in the energy sector / Robert N. Ruzanov -- Bilateral trade in fishery / Nobuo Arai -- The Russian view of economic links / Andrei P. Rodionov -- Economic links from the Japanese viewpoint / Susumu Yoshida -- Russia and regional cooperation / Vladimir I. Ivanov -- Sakhalin Oil and Gas and Japan / Tadashi Sugimoto and Kazuto Furuta -- Trans-Siberian land bridge / Vladimir I. Ivanov and Dmitriy L. Sergachev -- Trilateral cross-border links / Kazuyoshi Nishikata -- The Zarubino Port Project: a case study / Hisako Tsuji -- The politics of fishery / Alexander M. Kurmazov and Igor V. Kazakov -- Environment and cooperation / Karla S. Smith.