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Amidst the flood of other news and commemorative dates, the centenary of Northern Sakhalin’s liberation from Japanese interventionists has gone almost unnoticed in the media stream. Why is this date significant, and how does the history of early 20th-century international relations remain profoundly relevant today?

The different geopolitical objectives of Japan and India, especially towards China and North Korea, Russia, and the US, can influence the different priorities of the two countries’ broader cooperation.

On April 27 of this year, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba embarked on a four-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines — an event of note in the ongoing evolution of the situation in the Southeast Asian subregion.