it was stated that Moscow had informed Tokyo that it cannot coordinate any timeframes for its consultations on fishing due to Japan’s anti-Russian restrictions Japan eager to resume humanitarian ...

Dispute over Kurils Since the mid-20th century, Russia and Japan have been holding consultations in order to clinch a peace treaty as a follow-up to World War II. The Kuril Islands issue remains ...

Some still hold out hope for the islands’ return. Japan has changed its approach to Russia compared to past ... intention of ever handing any of the disputed islands back to Japanese control.

Now, a study published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pins the blame on Zavaritskii caldera, ...

Switzerland has shipped a first instalment of Leopard 2 tanks to Germany, which replaces tanks its northern neighbour is sending to Ukraine, as pledges of billions in aid from Europe and the US ...

A territorial dispute over the islands, known in Russia as the Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories ... incentives that we will create on the Kuril islands ... where we will completely ...

The negotiations for a peace treaty to officially terminate a state of war date back to 1956, when Russia and Japan signed the Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration. The territorial dispute over islands ...

Senior government officials have recently made remarks that appear to support a suggestion that Japan should select the disputed Northern Territories ... is geographically closest to the four islands ...

Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.

According to the analysis, the mystery volcano was Zavaritskii (also spelled Zavaritsky) on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan.

Wow, you can even see Japan! Why not take a look at the largest fumarole in Russia now ... plan your next trip to the islands. Separately, let’s talk about the Kuril Islands, which are part ...