The placement of Japan's missiles on border islands poses a serious threat to neighboring countries, including Russia.

Russia and Japan agreed Friday to hold talks on joint economic development on four islands at the center of a territorial dispute between the countries. It was a small step forward that fell far short ...

China has sharply warned Japan over its plans to station medium-range missiles on Yonaguni Island, a small Japanese island located about 110 kilometers east of Taiwan. The Chinese Defense Ministry ...

The remarks come amid the two countries’ worst diplomatic crisis in years, after the Japanese prime minister said a Chinese ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia early Wednesday. Tsunami ...

China fiercely objects to what it sees as any outside interference on self-ruled Taiwan, which it claims as its own.

China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense ...

The president has spoken with the leaders of both countries as they spar over remarks the Japanese prime minister made about ...

The recent tensions between the two countries escalated after Japan's deployment of offensive weapons on Yonaguni Island, which is close to the Taiwan region.