The Japanese Foreign Ministry said in its 2024 annual report that despite strained relations with Russia, it remains ...

Russia halted peace talks with Japan after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow following the launch of its full-scale invasion ...

The Russian authorities labeled a Japanese group ‘undesirable’ over efforts to promote expansion at the expense of Russia’s Kuril Islands Rea ...

The settlement of this problem inherited by Russia’s diplomacy from the Soviet Union is hampered by the years-long dispute over the four islands of Russia’s Southern Kurils - Shikotan ...

On August 23, the Russian prime minister signed an order to create the Kurils advanced development territory in the village of Malokurilskoye on the island of Shikotan TOKYO, August 24.

The agreement states that the islands of Habomai and Shikotan are to be handed over to Japan upon the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries. Japan says there is no change to its ...