Russia, the main successor state to the Soviet Union, and Japan have never signed a peace treaty formally ending their hostilities during World War II, with the islands remaining the primary ...

A pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Russian fighter aircraft carried out a eight-hour flight over the Sea of ...

Ever since the Allied Council for Japan was set up at war’s end, the Russian members have battled doggedly with U.S. representatives over everything from land reform to schoolbook censorship.

a set of islands controlled by Russia after being taken from Japan by the Soviet Union at the conclusion of World War II. This has hindered the two nations from reaching a peace treaty to ...

The Russian military flights came after Russia and its quasi-ally, China, sent their nuclear-capable bombers for a joint patrol over the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea i ...

Russia and Japan have been negotiating a peace treaty to mark the end of World War II since the mid-20th century. The main stumbling block to this is the issue of jurisdiction over the southern ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russia’s military prepared detailed target lists for a potential war with Japan and South Korea that ...

US Marine Corps Photo Japan’s military chiefs are warning that the country faces its most severe and complex security environment since World War II, attributing the outlook to China ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to ...

Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.