President Lee Jae Myung is mulling sending special envoys to key nations this month, the presidential office said Friday, ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Taliban movement Amir Khan Muttaqi prior ...

Japan and Russia are in a territorial dispute over a group of Russian-held islands, which the former Soviet Union seized from Japan at the end of World War II.

Russia was preparing to attack Japan in the summer of 2021, months before President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an email featuring a letter from a whistleblower at ...

Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril Islands because of sanctions imposed by ...

Russia said on Wednesday that Japan had failed to provide full information on the radioactive water being discharged from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, despite repeated requests from ...

Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev takes part in ceremonial events, that mark the anniversary of the World War Two victory over Japan, in Glory Square in the far eastern city ...

So when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Japan responded with a few token sanctions. This time, though, it sanctioned Russian banks, institutions and individuals, including Putin himself.

Japan's prime minister will be in Moscow Tuesday, amid speculation that Russia and Japan might be about to sign a peace treaty. The two countries have still not officially ended World War II.

Both Japan and Russia have an interest in finding nearby trading partners in the Asia Pacific region, to counter China's dominance. Russia has courted Japanese investment in its underdeveloped far ...

Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril Islands because of sanctions imposed by ...