TOKYO — Japan describes four disputed islands as “illegally occupied by Russia” in the latest version of a diplomatic report released Friday, using stronger language to describe the ...

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a formal diplomatic protest to Japan after accusing Tokyo of circulating a map at its G20 summit showing a disputed island chain as Japanese ...

TOKYO (AP) - Russia's defense minister inspected military facilities on disputed islands also claimed by Japan on Friday, prompting a sharp protest from Tokyo, officials and reports said. Russian ...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited islands claimed by both Russia and Japan on Tuesday, provoking an angry reaction from Tokyo. He held a meeting with the governor of Sakhalin and ...

While Japan is still embroiled in noisy territorial spats with China and South Korea over who rightfully owns certain islands, another dispute with its giant northern neighbor, Russia, may be ...

Japan reinstated a reference to Russia’s “illegal occupation” of disputed islands in its annual diplomatic report for the first time in 19 years, as relations between the neighbors turn ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -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 Defence Ministry as saying on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan describes four islands whose ownership it disputes with Moscow as “illegally occupied by Russia” in the latest version of a diplomatic report released Friday, using ...