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 dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. On Tuesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry reiterated its commitment to a peace treaty with Russia in its 2025 ...

Russia said today it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. The archipelago ...

Here are some birds resembling penguin cousins! The spectacled guillemot, found in Japan and the Kuril Islands, breeds there, allowing young to nest for six weeks. Unlike penguins, they can fly ...

The archipelago, known in Russia as the Kuril Islands and in Japan as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan. The four islands were captured by the Soviet military during ...

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

The Tokyo-based group advocates for Japan’s claim over Russia’s Kuril Islands — known in Japan as the Northern Territories — whose disputed status has prevented the two countries from ...

A Russian naval task group has conducted exercises and port calls during its deployment in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

It also caused a huge tsunami that also affeced the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific Ocean. The second largest earthquake recorded was in North America, with a magnitude of 9.2. It ...

The National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty features exhibits on the Northern Territories -- Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido known in Russia as the Southern Kurils -- as well ...