Japan’s government sent Russia a formal letter of protest over the closure of sea navigation around the Kuril Islands, ...

Taipei Office Russia has sharply criticised Japan over its decision to lend Ukraine more than $3bn, calling the move ...

Japan has protested to Russia over the alleged temporary suspension of the right of passage of foreign vessels in the area of ...

part of the disputed chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on August... Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meeting with air force pilots ...

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 ...

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said in its 2024 annual report that despite strained relations with Russia, it remains committed to signing a peace treaty in hopes of reclaiming the southern Kuril ...

TASS/. Japan’s government considers Russia’s position on failure to approve consultations on fishery near the Kuril Islands unacceptable, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told ...

A view shows a military vehicle of the Bastion coastal missile system that went on duty on the Kuril island of Paramushir, Russia, which is one of the islands claimed by Japan and also known as ...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged a strongly-worded protest note with the Japanese Embassy in Moscow on Thur ...

Russia, the successor state to the Soviet Union, and Japan have never signed a treaty formally ending their hostilities during World War Two. Sign up here. Soviet troops took control of four islands ...

The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in ... history and encroach on Russia’s sovereignty”. The association, established in 2003, is Japan’s main advocacy group for ...

The archipelago, known in Russia as the Kuril Islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan. The four islands were captured by the Soviet military during ...