Re-establishing Economic Relations between Russia and Japan after the Russo-Japanese War: The 1907 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
Re-establishing Economic Relations between Russia and Japan after the Russo-Japanese War: The 1907 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation

Summary/Abstract: After the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05, Russia and Japan faced a number of significant problems. The Portsmouth Treaty had put an end to the war, but left many contradictions between the two powers unsolved. After concluding the peace treaty, Russia and Japan had to start the difficult negotiations on the evacuation from Manchuria, the division of the Manchurian railway and Sakhalin, the P.O.W.s and similar problems. Besides the questions connected with the end of the war, St. Petersburg and Tokyo also had the important task of rebuilding relations with each other according to the new geopolitical situation arising out of the war of 1904-05. Japan was facing serious problems in the diplomatic field caused by the deterioration of relations with Great Britain and especially the USA, cautious of a possible war of revenge by Russia at the same time. The Tsarist government, permanently fighting with the revolutionaries, was trying to develop a new Far Eastern policy. The Russo-Japanese negotiations regarding the new Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, and the Fishery and Political Conventions were a major part of this complex diplomacy.

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