Russian Minister Andrei Rudenko said that in the current situation, it is unlikely that peace talks with Tokyo will be restarted. The current situation refers to the fact that Japan has imposed sanctions on Russia more than 20 times in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Not to mention that Japan is doing the right thing, let alone what Russia can do to Japan, Japan and Russia are still cooperating in natural gas. Russia has also given Japan a certain amount of profit in its oil and gas development plan in Sakhalin, which shows that no matter how aggressively Russia is sanctioned by Japan, or how harsh Russia's attitude towards Japan is, they will eventually make concessions in some aspects.
The first point is that Russia is more inclined to engage with Europe and the United States, while Japan is in Asia, but it is still a "West" in its bones. Of course, Russia will not give up its relations with Japan, Russia has a lack of funds for the development of the Far East, and there is a lot of cooperation with Japan and South Korea, but in the past two years, the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out, and the relationship between Russia and Russia has been very tense, even so, Russia, Spain, Ericsson have not stopped the construction of 5G networks.
To drive Russia out of Russia is to change the name and continue to make money, moreover, the West does not intend to completely isolate it. Especially for Europe, Russia's oil and gas resources are the most important part of the world, and if Russia's energy resources are restricted, then their negotiating power will decrease, which is why Germany has not stopped purchasing from Russia until now.
Second, Japan has the status of a "bridgehead" in the strategic position of the United States and plays a vital role in preventing the influence of the Russian Navy in the Pacific region. Suffice it to say that under normal circumstances, the Russian Navy is really not necessarily an opponent of Japan. Even in terms of air power, Russia may not be able to beat Japan's Air Self-Defense Forces.
With Russia's current military strength, at best, it is just a cover, Japan has the United States behind it, is it still afraid that Russia's attitude towards Japan will not be successful? If Russia gets into a stalemate with Japan, the United States can deploy nuclear ** in front of Japan. Japan was always the losing side in World War II, but they did not consider themselves to have lost to Russia.
Third, Japan has a long history of ties with Europe and is a member of the G7, so even if Russia goes too far with Japan, Japan can create a greater obstacle for Russia. You must know that Japan itself is not an international power, but because Western countries will inevitably cooperate with Japan in a certain sense in order to curry favor with Japan, especially in this situation, Russia cannot do anything excessive to Japan, on the contrary, this conservative approach adopted by Japan looks like it is preparing for Russia.
Japan has very few resources, but Japan has many ways to buy ** from Saudi Arabia, buy gas from the United States, buy gas from Australia, if there is no Russia, Japan will be hit to a certain extent, but it is not absolute, so, on some important things, Japan will definitely not make concessions.
Turning to the most important military issues, Japan not only imported Tomahawk cruise missiles, but also tested the latest anti-ship missiles on the P-1 anti-ship reconnaissance aircraft, which indicates that Japan is gradually increasing its capabilities in striking targets in the ocean. Don't think that Japan is developing its own defense forces, in terms of offensive firepower, Japan will have 147 ** fighter jets, which is the second largest power after the United States.
147 warplanes, what a horror? Even surpassing the F-22 of the American fifth-generation fighter. The equipment of fifth-generation aircraft of this scale will not only give Japan the strength to attack the territory of neighboring countries, but will also strengthen Japan's air attack capability against ships on the sea.
Japan already has a submarine similar to an aircraft carrier, as well as a bunch of Aegis ships, plus the United States is more interested in Japan, which will undoubtedly provide Japan with more ** equipment, a Japan, has become a powerful military power, and Japan has also with the help of the United States, with Australia, India, and even Southeast Asian countries, have more contacts.
We must be vigilant against Japan's arms transfers, especially in the next 10 years, when Asia will become an international center and play an important role in the international arena in the next 10 years, and Japan hopes to have more influence in Asia, especially in the military.
So, how should Japan react to its growing strength?
First, against Japan, not against Japan, but against the United States, it doesn't make any sense to target Japan, Japan is just an extension of the global hegemony of the United States, suppress Japan, suppress the United States, suppress the United States, Japan must give in, for example, Russia can make the United States make concessions, then Japan will always impose sanctions on Russia.
Second, it must ensure that its ground attack capabilities surpass Japan's, so that Japan is not discouraged by U.S. war with the rest of the region. However, we must not underestimate Japan's will to cooperate with the United States, that is, to do a good job of logistics for their army, so how to warn and stop Japan at the level of the army is very important.
Third, it is necessary to increase the export of advanced armaments to Asian countries, strengthen regional strength, and contain Japan's military strength. Although Japan is only a small country, it also needs to be careful.