Dmitry V. Streltsov is the Head of the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University, and the Leading Research Fellow, the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2008, he heads the Russian Association of Japanologists and is Editor-in-Chief of the “Yearbook Japan” and the e-journal “Japanese Studies in Russia.” His main research field is the domestic politics and diplomacy of contemporary Japan. The author of more than 300 academic works.