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 ...

Abe said Japan had told Russia the deployment "is deplorable" and "is contradictory to Japan's position" on the issue. Japan has told Russia the deployment of missiles on disputed islands in the ...

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' ...

MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War Two could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a ...