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

Japan’s government sent Russia a formal letter of protest over the closure of sea navigation around the Kuril Islands, ...

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said in its 2024 annual report that despite strained relations with Russia, it remains committed to signing a peace treaty in hopes of reclaiming the southern Kuril ...

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 ...

The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in ... history and encroach on Russia’s sovereignty”. The association, established in 2003, is Japan’s main advocacy group for ...

The archipelago, known in Russia as the Kuril Islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan. The four islands were captured by the Soviet military during ...

MOSCOW — Russia said Monday it had outlawed ... The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in Japanese as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan.

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

Tokyo had announced plans for conducting the missile drills in June on Hokkaido Island - the northernmost prefecture of Japan, near the disputed Kuril Islands. Equipped with Type-88 missiles, SSM-1 ...

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