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Japan
Proper noun
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Japan is an island country in Asia.
Russia
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noun
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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noun
a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
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noun
(= Soviet Russia)
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
relations
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noun
(= dealings)
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups