Japan has periodically expressed unease about Russia beefing up its military infrastructure on the disputed island chain.

Tokyo appears to have finally realized that Putin has no intention of ever handing any of the disputed islands back to Japanese control. Japan’s sanctions on Russia could spell the end of ...

The climate-altering eruption came from the Zavaritskii volcano on an uninhabited island in the Pacific that once hosted a ...

Japan announced new sanctions against 11 individuals, 3 banks, and 29 companies from Russia. The sanctions also include ...

The man lives on Kunashiri island, one of four disputed islands administered by Russia but also claimed by Japan which Japan calls the Northern Territories, off the northeast coast of Hokkaido.

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 ...

part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan. Before the scientists’ findings, Zavaritskii’s last known eruption was in 800 BC. “For many of Earth’s ...

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.

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands was responsible for the mysterious 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the climate ...