The Falsehood of Anti-Russian Japan

How Atlanticism reshaped Japan’s historical consciousness

Kazuhiro Hayashida examines how modern anti-Russian discourse in Japan reflects a deeper civilizational rupture shaped by Atlanticist influence and historical amnesia.

The current anti-Russian discourse in Japan is far more than a simple expression of diplomatic positioning. It is the East Asian manifestation of what Daria Dugina called the sickness of m…