Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited islands claimed by both Russia and Japan on Tuesday, provoking an angry reaction from Tokyo. He held a meeting with the governor of Sakhalin and ...

On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and Russia will hold talks on what remains one of the world’s longest-running unresolved international disputes. The Kuril Islands, referred to as the Southern ...

TOKYO — Japan describes four disputed islands as “illegally occupied by Russia” in the latest version of a diplomatic report released Friday, using stronger language to describe the ...

TOKYO — A diplomatic clash between Japan and Russia over disputed islands intensified on Tuesday when Japan summoned home its ambassador to Moscow, a day after President Dmitri A. Medvedev of ...

Because of the dispute, Russia and Japan have not yet signed a peace treaty to end World War II. Deported Japanese people migrated north to the islands in the 18th and 19th century, including ...

NEMURO, Japan — In late November 1941, a Japanese fleet that included six aircraft carriers launched from what was one of Japan’s northernmost points — Etorofu Island’s Hitokappu Bay ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry has released new images showing its military deploying mobile missile defense systems on an island near Japan that is part of a disputed territory. The rollout occurred ...

On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and Russia will hold talks on what remains one of the world’s longest-running unresolved international disputes. The Kuril Islands, referred to as the Southern ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan describes four islands whose ownership it disputes with Moscow as “illegally occupied by Russia” in the latest version of a diplomatic report released Friday, using ...

On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and Russia will hold talks on what remains one of the world’s longest-running unresolved international disputes. The Kuril Islands, referred to as the Southern ...