The Kuril Islands comprise an archipelago of four islands between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the northernmost part of Japan, Hokkaido Island. Before World War II, the islands were a part of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russian authorities ... Russian sentiment in Japan by forming negative views about Russia as well as increasing the risk of destabilizing the area around the Kuril Islands (the Russian name ...

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 ...

Russia’s ambassador to Japan, Nikolay Nozdrev, has declared that Moscow cannot engage in negotiations over a peace treaty ...

the Kuril Islands have remained under Russian administration even despite Japanese claims for the four southernmost (including two largest) ...

A Russian intelligence-gathering ship spent more than a week in waters near Japan’s southern islands, including Okinawa and Kyushu, the country’s military announced Monday. The Vishnya-class ...

Russia and Japan have not signed a peace treaty since World War II and have a territorial dispute over what Moscow calls the Southern Kuril Islands — a set of four islets — Etorofu ...

Japan controls ... to them as the Senkaku Islands, China claims them as the Diaoyu Islands. This disagreement has sparked a prolonged and contentious sovereignty dispute between the two nations.

Japan is facing mounting security challenges in the Nansei Islands as China’s military activities continue to expand. The ...