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 ...

Russia said on Sunday it will not hold annual talks with Japan on renewing a pact that allows Japanese fishermen to operate near disputed islands, saying Japan has taken anti-Russian measures.

A Russian submarine passed through the waters between Japan's islands for the first time on ... The waters where the Russian vessels were seen are a disputed area, with China also claiming rights ...

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 ...

A pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Russian fighter aircraft carried out a eight-hour flight over the Sea of ...

Senior government officials have recently made remarks that appear to support a suggestion that Japan should select the ...

TOKYO -- Chinese and Russian warship activity around Japan's southwestern islands spiked in 2024, a Nikkei tally finds, demonstrating the heightened tensions in the area. Nikkei tabulated ...

Japan responded to Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime ... China, meanwhile, remains locked in a dispute with Japan over control of the Senkaku Islands, known in China as the Diaoyu Islands ...

China made the latest move in its territorial confrontation with Japan by sending surveillance vessels to the disputed islands, known as Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China.

However, against the backdrop of China's growing military power, the island dispute has increased concerns in Tokyo about Beijing's regional intentions and the adequacy of Japan's security ...

Russia and Japan have never signed an official peace treaty to end the second world war because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands. The Soviet army seized the Kurils at the end of the war in 1945 ...