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

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 ...

The Northern Territories, also known as the Southern Kuril Islands in Russia, is a group of four islands ruled by Moscow captured from Japan at the end of World War II. The Russian military will ...

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 ...

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 Shigeru Ishiba made ...

Russia views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine ... Trump promised during last year’s U.S. election campaign that he would bring Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II to a swift ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed ... who died in battle during World War II. Japan is Hegseth's second ...