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 ...

The Soviet Union annexed the Southern Kuril Islands at the end of World War II. In 1956, the USSR signed a peace declaration with Japan, promising to return the islands of Shikotan and Habomai once a ...

Russian authorities on Monday designated Japan’s Northern Territories Issue Association as an “undesirable organization,” ...

This is stated in the annual report on diplomacy of the Japanese Foreign Ministry published today, April 8, entitled "Blue Book", which reintroduced the wording about the "illegal occupation" of the ...

Moscow and Tokyo have been negotiating since the middle of the last century with the aim of developing a peace agreement after World War II war. The main obstacle to this remains disagreements over ...

Moscow is accused by pro-Western politicians of interfering in an EU referendum and presidential ballot in Moldova, while in ...

According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...

Russia is close to regaining full control of its western Kursk region after pushing Ukrainian forces from one of their last ...

The world’s top ten richest got a collective $157 billion poorer during the month of March, their fortunes dragged down by tumbling U.S. stocks amid uncertainty about the impact of the Trump ...

The Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands northeast of Madagascar ... enterprise reforms—are essential to Seychelles’ sustainable development. The World Bank Group (WBG) strategy in ...