it was stated that Moscow had informed Tokyo that it cannot coordinate any timeframes for its consultations on fishing due to Japan’s anti-Russian restrictions Japan eager to resume humanitarian ...

MOSCOW--Russian missile troops held drills on a disputed island which both Japan and Russia claim as their own, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying on Thursday.

Russia said on Sunday it will not hold annual talks with Japan on renewing a pact that allows Japanese fishermen to operate near disputed islands, saying Japan has taken anti-Russian measures.

Japan has changed its approach to Russia compared to past editions ... that Putin has no intention of ever handing any of the disputed islands back to Japanese control. Tokyo appears to be giving ...

Dispute over Kurils Since the mid-20th century, Russia and Japan have been holding consultations in order to clinch a peace treaty as a follow-up to World War II. The Kuril Islands issue remains ...

Their two countries have been in dispute for seven decades over ... sovereignty over the islands, known in Russia as the Kurile islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories.

The Russian military flights came after Russia and its quasi-ally, China, sent their nuclear-capable bombers for a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea i ...

Japan is facing backlash over its territorial disputes with Russia and China, according to Chinese political analysts. The controversy surrounding the Kuril Islands has resurfaced recently ...

The negotiations for a peace treaty to officially terminate a state of war date back to 1956, when Russia and Japan signed the Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration. The territorial dispute over islands ...

Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.

Tokyo appears to have finally realized that Putin has no intention of ever handing any of the disputed islands back to Japanese control. Japan’s sanctions on Russia could spell the end of ...

Senior government officials have recently made remarks that appear to support a suggestion that Japan should select the ...