Japan and NATO decided Wednesday to jointly increase defense cooperation to counter threats from Russia and China. In a joint ...

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. The Japanese foreign ministry reiterated ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte have vowed to further deepen military ties while stressing ...

Russia sees no reason to discuss the possibility of signing a long-awaited peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned of China's military expansion while aiming to improve economic ties with Japan ...

MOSCOW - Russia sees no reason to discuss the possibility of signing a long-awaited peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War Two because of Tokyo's unfriendly stance towards Moscow ...

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said in its 2024 annual report that despite strained relations with Russia, it remains committed to signing a peace treaty in hopes of reclaiming the southern Kuril ...

The U.S. Supreme Court directed President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to facilitate the return to the United ...

Two major themes emerged: the interconnectedness of threats facing Europe and the Indo-Pacific and the importance of defense ...

The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in Japanese as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan.