LONDON. Oct. 16.-The Reuter Telegram Company furnishes the text of the treaty of peace concluded by Russia and Japan at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 5, and signed by Emperor Nicholas and the Emperor ...

Russia and Japan have been negotiating a post-World War II peace treaty since the mid-20th century. The main stumbling block is the issue of who owns the South Kuril Islands.

Russia's Putin Praises Abe, Says Late Japanese PM Wanted Peace Treaty (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, saying he knew the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, saying he knew the slain Japanese leader had dreamed of finally concluding a post-World War Two peace ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sees no reason to discuss the possibility of signing a long-awaited peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War Two because of Tokyo's unfriendly stance towards ...

Russia's Putin praises Abe, says late Japanese PM wanted peace treaty 1 of 2 Russian President Putin meets Akie Abe, wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Moscow ...

No treaty was ever signed as the two countries could not resolve a dispute over the then-Soviet Union's seizure at the end of the war of four islands in the Southern Kuril chain, known in Japan as ...