Unrelated clips of troops from the Japanese Self-Defence Force and naval vessels have been viewed hundreds of thousands of ...

MOSCOW, January 28. /TASS/. Three-quarters (77%) of Russians say they are opposed to any transfer of the southern Kuril Islands over to Japan for the sake of reaching a peace deal and boosting ...

In a town hall meeting in the Khabarovsk region that was broadcast on state television on Thursday, Putin responded to a question about visiting the Kuril Islands, which are known in Japan as the ...

Both sides seemed to commit to warmer relations and movement towards a resolution to long standing differences over key islands that have been in dispute for decades. However, the meeting may have ...

In August last year, a total of 11 Russian and Chinese warships approached the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during their joint ...

TOKYO, May 23. /TASS/. A group of citizens of southern Kuril Islands arrived on Thursday in northern Japan under a visa-free exchange program, authorities of the Nemuro port in the Hokkaido ...

A scenario in which Ukraine becomes a member of NATO despite some of its territories remaining occupied is quite realistic.

Last week, Japan protested after a Chinese naval ship entered its territorial waters. Japan and Russia also have a territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands -- known in Japan as the Northern ...

Russia’s defense minister intends to station a new Russian army division on the disputed Kuril Islands in 2017. The deadlock is rooted in the entrenched positions of both sides.

On Nov. 26, 1941, the Soryu left the Kuril Islands, an archipelago now under Russian control. The crew still had no idea of the destination. They had been told to pack shorts, leading to rumors ...

He was 23 years old when he took part in the attack that triggered America’s declaration of war against Japan. He rarely ...