This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two. The author, a leading authority on Japanese-Russian diplomatic history, was trained at the Russian Institute of Columbia University. This volume contributes to our understanding of not only the intricacies of bilateral relations between Moscow and Tokyo, but, more generally, of Russia's and Japan's modes of foreign policy formation. The author also discusses the U.S. factor, which helped make Russia and Japan distant...
This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the ...
The principles of adaptation to various environments have not yet been clarified. Furthermore, autonomous adaptation remains unsolved and a seriously difficult problem in robotics. Apparently, the adaptation ability shown by animals and that needed by robots in the real world cannot be explained or realized by one single function in a control system and mechanism. That is, adaptation in motion is induced at every level in a wide spectrum from the central neural system to the musculoskeletal system. This book contains the papers selected carefully from the symposium AMAM2003 particularly...
The principles of adaptation to various environments have not yet been clarified. Furthermore, autonomous adaptation remains unsolved and a serious...
In the early days of Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union, an international group of U.S. and Japanese authorities probed the issues and forces that shaped a mammoth struggle within the Soviet Union. Th is book examines Gorbachev's reforms-the extent of their dramatic changes and the sobering evidence of their limits. Th e contributors' assessments range from wonder at the new atmosphere and expressive possibilities, to recognition of the reforms' reversibility, increasing diffi culty, and the long road ahead. Th is is a fascinating contemporary review of factors that led to the...
In the early days of Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union, an international group of U.S. and Japanese authorities probed the issues and forc...
This book introduces and reviews several topics for each human herpesvirus. Since the discovery of each human herpesvirus, an abundance of findings related to them has accumulated in basic research and clinical medicine.
This book introduces and reviews several topics for each human herpesvirus. Since the discovery of each human herpesvirus, an abundance of findings re...
