Japan and the Mongolia’s third neighbor policy

Abstract

Since the end of the Cold War, besides cementing relationships with Mongolia’s two neighbors namely China and Russia, Mongolia has made efforts to establish more cordial relationships with other world powers. Therefore, Mongolia’s Third Neighbor Policy, created to alter the asymmetric relations with Mongolia’s powerful neighbors, have been continuously implemented. Among countries which have been engaged in Mongolia’s Third Neighbor Policy, Japan has played notably roles in this Mongolia’s significant policy. For Mongolia, economic cooperation between these two countries since the 1990s has partially strengthened Mongolia’s market-oriented economic development. For Japan, the amicable relationships between Japan and Mongolia, especially in political and socio-cultural dimensions have noticeably served Japan’s post-Cold War roles in the East Asian region.