President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree recognising Japan’s sovereignty over its Northern Territories (the southern part of the Kuril Islands) that are temporarily occupied by Russia.

May 23 (Reuters) - Russia's Roscosmos space agency director general, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Monday that the Kuril Islands, a subject of territorial dispute with Japan, could be renamed after Russian ...

A group of islands with a population of only 20,000 have been causing tension between Russia and Japan since the end of the Second World War: the Kuril Islands, or ‘Northern Territories’ as they are ...

At a recent press conference, Japanese chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno stated “Russia has issued a warning that it will carry out firing practice from February 8 in the area to the southeast ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry has released new images showing its military deploying mobile missile defense systems on an island near Japan that is part of a disputed territory. The rollout occurred on ...

Russia has reportedly decided to prohibit foreign ships from exercising the right of innocent passage—granted under an international treaty—in waters surrounding a disputed group of islands in the ...

MOSCOW, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will definitely one day visit the Southern Kuril Islands which are at the centre of a dispute with Japan that has lasted ...

The Kremlin has welcomed Japan's desire to sign a peace treaty with Russia, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. This follows a statement by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who told ...

Japan has said that while its relations with Russia are difficult, it intends to conclude a peace treaty with its maritime neighbor over the Northern Territories dispute. The dispute over the ...