Tropical Storm Nari, the fifth tropical cyclone of the western Pacific typhoon season formed over the weekend, and is ...

A Japanese researcher came to the conclusion after looking at satellite images taken by Maxar Technologies of disputed islands.

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. On Tuesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry reiterated its commitment to a peace treaty with Russia in its 2025 ...

Kuril: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 hit the Kuril Islands on Thursday night at around 9 pm local time. The ...

The Kuril Islands could see an influx of foreign direct investment (FDI), although this would be limited by sanctions against Russia, and potentially other improvements such as updated infrastructure.

Japan’s government sent Russia a formal letter of protest over the closure of sea navigation around the Kuril Islands, Russian state mediareported Thursday. Tokyo accused Russia of introducing ...

Russia’s defense ministry said Monday it has deployed mobile coastal defense missile systems on a northern Kuril island, part of a strategically located chain of islands that stretch between ...

Bastion missile systems, with a range of more than 300 miles, were deployed on the island of Paramushir in the northern Kuril Islands, Russia’s Ministry of Defence announced Monday, Japan’s ...

If negotiations stagnate, they could resemble the post-World War II relations between Japan and the Soviet Union: A peace treaty was never signed, and the dispute over the Kuril Islands has ...

The four southernmost islands in the Kuril archipelago have changed hands several times over the past two centuries but have been under Russian administration since the Soviet Union occupied them ...

Overshadowed by the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s recent and rapid militarization of a group of islands claimed by Japan has flown largely under the radar. Taken by Russia at the end of World War Two, ...

Russia's defence ministry has said it has deployed mobile coastal defence missile systems on a northern Kuril island, part of a strategically located chain of islands that stretch between Japan ...