The man lives on Kunashiri island, one of four disputed islands administered by Russia but also claimed by Japan which Japan ... authorities of the Southern Kuril District of the Russia’s ...

But Putin has yet to give his opinion on the territorial dispute ... four islands are now Russia’s legitimate territory as a result of World War II, and that border demarcation with Japan ...

A climatic mystery about a year that gave summer a deadly pass may have been solved. Using new ice core techniques, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Taiwan and Japan have agreed on rules for fishing in disputed waters at the 11th annual ... Japan’s overlapping claims to the Diaoyutai ...

MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippine navy said on Friday its ships were holding drills near a contested shoal in the South China Sea, a day after Manila and Beijing agreed to seek common ground and ...

But an excerpt from his plea deal that was released by a federal court over the weekend shows that Mr. Mohammed agreed that prosecutors can use certain portions of his disputed confessions against ...

A long-running dispute over the handling of Ida Smith’s candidacy by Elections Supervisor Caroline Fawkes is continuing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Smith filed a ...

It is unclear whether the North Carolina Supreme Court will be the judicial venue where this election dispute is resolved. Griffin hopes it will be the solidly conservative state Supreme Court on ...

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

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 ...