The islands have been characterised by a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan, which dates back to the end of World War Two when Soviet troops seized them from the Japanese. The row has ...

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an island volcano in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Japan on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens ...

It is situated on Simushir Island, a part of the Kuril Islands archipelago -- a disputed area by Russia and Japan. As per their analysis, the last eruption from Zavaritskii was in 800 BC.

The centers offer management and Japanese language courses to cultivate and train personnel who then go on to work in Japan-Russia economic relations, the ministry said. Japan, in lockstep with its ...

Russia and Japan have never signed an official peace treaty to end the second world war because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands. The Soviet army seized the Kurils at the end of the war in 1945 ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.