TOKYO (AP) — Japan has protested to Moscow over the detention of a Japanese man visiting one of the disputed islands between the two countries. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday, ...

Russia on Wednesday accused Japan of whipping up tensions ahead of a planned visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for talks with President Vladimir Putin on formally ending World War II ...

Russia and Japan have been blocked from signing a formal treaty to end World War II hostilities for seven decades over the island disagreement. Russia and Japan have been blocked from signing a formal ...

Russia and China have regularly dispatched forces to waters and airspace around Japanese territory.

Japan scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian bombers, fighters and a surveillance plane at least four times this week ...

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that "relations between Japan and Russia are in a difficult period but the course toward resolving the problem of the ownership of the 'four northern islands' ...