By Damian Flanagan There is a curious historical footnote that tends to be forgotten about the Japanese imperial expansion of the late 19th and early ...

TOKYO, July 2. /TASS/. Leader of the Japanese opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi Taro Yamamoto believes his country is de facto an American colony.

The usual informational lull of the weekend. Of course, hostilities do not stop for a minute, of course, people continue to ...

Russia and Japan have been in talks to sign a peace treaty since the mid-20th century. The main stumbling block to achieving this is the ownership issue over the Southern Kuril Islands, called the ...

This comes months after another eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in November last year that killed nine people and injured dozens. Lewotobi Laki-Laki is one of Indonesia’s 127 active volcanoes.

In 1831, a mystery eruption occurred, causing a 1°C drop in global temperatures only recently identified in a paper by scientists.

Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) is set to conduct the country’s first-ever live-fire training of the Type 88 surface-to-ship missile system on its mainland later this month—just off the ...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Russia's Kuril islands on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 12 km (7.46 miles), EMSC said.

Most large earthquakes along the Kuril-Kamchatka Arc occur at shallow or intermediate depths with the most significant of deep-focus earthquake to date being the May 24, 2013 M 8.3 event.

Earthquake today: Strong tremors of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Kuril Islands on June 14, National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The seismic activity was felt in the Russian Far ...