In a report published on Thursday, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced that its air force was scrambled 704 times against foreign military aircraft that were app ...

A Russian naval task group has conducted exercises and port calls during its deployment in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - Russia sees no reason to discuss the possibility of signing a long-awaited peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War Two because of Tokyo's unfriendly stance ...

A peace treaty formally ending World War II has never been signed by Russia and Japan, largely because of disputes over a group of Russian-occupied islands claimed by Japan. Former Russian Prime ...

MOSCOW - Russia sees no reason to discuss the possibility of signing a long-awaited peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War Two because of Tokyo's unfriendly stance towards Moscow ...

Russia, the successor state to the Soviet Union, and Japan have never signed a treaty formally ending their hostilities during World War Two. Soviet troops took control of four islands off Japan's ...