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 ...

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 ...

MOSCOW--Russian missile troops held drills on a disputed island which both Japan and Russia claim as their own, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying on Thursday.

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 ...

Tokyo appears to have finally realized that Putin has no intention of ever handing any of the disputed islands back to Japanese control. Japan’s sanctions on Russia could spell the end of ...

one of four disputed islands, than Japan. The islands were seized by Soviet forces in the waning days of World War II. Japan and Russia have an agreement that requires both countries to provide as ...

Japan is facing backlash over its territorial disputes with Russia and China, according to Chinese political analysts. The controversy surrounding the Kuril Islands has resurfaced recently ...

U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...

In an order posted on the Russian government's website, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin suspended the implementation of memorandums signed in 2000 and 2003 with Japan stipulating the ...

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an island volcano in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

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 ...