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

April 16, 1945 marked the start of the top-secret U.S.-Soviet operation “Project Hula,” and a Japan-Soviet territorial ...

Russia said ... the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in ...

The archipelago, known in Russia as the Kuril Islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories ... teaching material to children about the dispute using a puffin mascot named "Erika-chan." ...

The Tokyo-based group advocates for Japan’s claim over Russia’s Kuril Islands — known in Japan as the Northern Territories — whose disputed status has prevented the two countries from ...

Japan refers to the four southernmost Kuril Islands — Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup, and the Habomai islets — as its “Northern Territories” and continues to dispute Russia’s sovereignty over them. The ...

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 ...

Japan said Thursday it has lodged a protest with Russia over its move to temporarily restrict the passage of foreign military and government ships in waters around the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed ...

MOSCOW — Russia said Monday it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island ... known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in Japanese as the Northern Territories, lies off ...

This photo taken in November 2019 from a Mainichi airplane 'Kibou' shows Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan.(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

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