While most of Japan‘s politicians have backed Ukraine in the war with Russia, nonetheless, at least one legislator is willing ...

Japan marked its 78th Constitution Memorial Day on May 3 as the post-World War II international order is shaken to its core ...

A peace treaty formally ending World War II has never been signed by Russia and Japan, largely because of disputes over a group of Russian-occupied islands claimed by Japan. Former Russian Prime ...

April 16, 1945 marked the start of the top-secret U.S.-Soviet operation “Project Hula,” and a Japan-Soviet territorial ...

The islands, called the Northern Territories by Japan and the Southern Kurils by Russia, have long been a source of friction between the two countries, preventing them from signing a peace treaty ...

Russia on Thursday accused Japan of treachery and complicity in theft after Tokyo last week signed an agreement to lend ...

Russia and North Korea started building the first road bridge between the neighbors on Wednesday, with both countries touting ...

April 9 (UPI) --Japan and NATO decided Wednesday to jointly increase defense cooperation to counter threats from Russia and China. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Japanese Prime Minister ...

Japan, which has stepped up defense ties with the United States, its key ally, and other friendly nations in the Indo-Pacific, has also sought closer ties with NATO, fearing that Russia’s ...