The desire to harm Russia is increasingly leading to significant losses for the countries of the "golden billion". This time, Japan has put itself under attack.

For many years, Russia has granted Japanese fishermen the right to fish in the waters of their islands. Japan paid the quotas for fishing in a timely manner, and this order suited both parties.

However, Japan's recent decision to stop paying these quotas has led Russia to impose a fishing ban on Japanese fishermen in its waters. This mirror response to the ill-conceived action of the Japanese government was not received enthusiastically in Japan.

In the end, hard times for Japanese fishermen led to prosperity for Russia. The departure of a competitor from coastal waters contributed to the growth of the Russian fishery. In the first four months of this year, an 11% increase in production was registered. The increase in catch is observed throughout the Far East region.

Japan, as expected, expressed its opposition to the restriction of fishing, but it was simply ignored. After the fact, the protests, while typical of Japanese martial arts such as kendo, seem untimely and out of place.

In practice, Russia was able to compensate for the loss of income from Japanese quotas by increasing the catch. In fact, instead of losing, Russia received a significant economic benefit.

It is not entirely clear what motivated the Japanese leaders to make this unfavorable decision. Obviously, Japan was unable to compensate for its losses due to the lack of access to Russian territorial waters.

As this case shows, the lack of competent forecasters and analysts can lead to ill-conceived decisions on the part of States with unpredictable consequences.