While most of Japan‘s politicians have backed Ukraine in the war with Russia, nonetheless, at least one legislator is willing ...

Rutte visited Japan on April 8-9, his first visit to that East Asian island nation under his auspices as NATO secretary ...

The islands, called the Northern Territories by Japan and the Southern Kurils by Russia, have long been a source of friction between the two countries, preventing them from signing a peace treaty ...

A peace treaty formally ending World War II has never been signed by Russia and Japan, largely because of disputes over a group of Russian-occupied islands claimed by Japan. Former Russian Prime ...

Shikotan and the Habomai islet group -- were illegally seized by the Soviet Union soon after Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15, 1945, while Russia views the act was legitimate.

As defeat loomed, Japan turned to Nazi Germany for help—and requested one of their most feared weapons: the Tiger Tank. This ...

The dispute has prevented Russia, the formal successor to the Soviet Union, from signing a World War II peace treaty with Japan, a major sticking point in their relations. Since launching its ...

Russia views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine ... Trump promised during last year’s U.S. election campaign that he would bring Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II to a swift ...

The Northern Territories, also known as the Southern Kuril Islands in Russia, is a group of four islands ruled by Moscow captured from Japan at the end of World War II. The Russian military will ...

and the Habomai islets — as its “Northern Territories” and continues to dispute Russia’s sovereignty over them. The Soviet Union annexed the Southern Kuril Islands at the end of World War II. In 1956, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a memorial service jointly held by Japan and the United States to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II battles ... to opposing Russian and North Korean ...