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

Four months later, with this massive military assistance from the U.S., the Soviet Union landed on the Kuril Islands, ...

Russia said ... the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in ...

The archipelago, known in Russia as the Kuril Islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories ... teaching material to children about the dispute using a puffin mascot named "Erika-chan." ...

The Tokyo-based group advocates for Japan’s claim over Russia’s Kuril Islands — known in Japan as the Northern Territories — whose disputed status has prevented the two countries from ...

Japan refers to the four southernmost Kuril Islands — Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup, and the Habomai islets — as its “Northern Territories” and continues to dispute Russia’s sovereignty over them. The ...

Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido known in Russia as the Southern Kurils -- as well as the South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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 ...

Japan said Thursday it has lodged a protest with Russia over its move to temporarily restrict the passage of foreign military and government ships in waters around the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed ...

MOSCOW — Russia said Monday it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island ... known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in Japanese as the Northern Territories, lies off ...