When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

Chinese coast guard ships sailed through the Senkaku Islands in what it called a "rights enforcement patrol" on Sunday, continuing to ramp up tensions with Japan. The move is the latest sign of ...

TOKYO, November 10. /TASS/. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara reprimanded the Minister for Okinawa and "Northern Territories" Affairs (as Japan refers to the southern part of the Kuril ...

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The scandal surrounding Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories (the name for the southern part of the Kuril Islands in Japan) Affairs Hitoshi Kikawada, who ...

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Chinese President Xi ...

Japan takes a firm stance against Russia, addressing the Ukraine conflict and Kuril Islands dispute. Exploring Fumio Kishida's strategy and Japan's evolving military policy. Donald Trump to make ...

A meeting of foreign ministers of the 18-member inter-governmental Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Suva on August 14 affirmed a proposal to block the participation of 21 so-called “development partners ...

Pakistan, Aug. 3 -- KURIL ISLANDS, August 3, 2025 - A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Sunday, shaking the region but causing no tsunami threat.

Aug 3 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Sunday day, the German Research Center for Geosciences said. The agency initially had pegged the earthquake at 6.35 ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- There is no tsunami threat for Hawaii after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported in the Kuril Islands. The earthquake hit Russia's Kuril Islands at 7:37 p.m. HST on Aug. 2 ...