Former Japanese residents of the Russian-held islands cannot return to their hometowns because exchange programs between the two countries have been suspended.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he won't step down, despite a major setback in upper house elections that's fueling dissent within his own party.

Japan’s fringe far-right Sanseito party made a dramatic leap in the upper house elections, gaining 14 seats and capitalizing ...

The government-backed Japan International Cooperation Agency and a U.N. unit in charge of landmine countermeasures have ...

July 21, 2025. Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine in an overnight attack on Monday (Ju ...

TOKYO, July 21. /TASS/. Muneo Suzuki, known as a supporter of the development of relations with Russia, received a deputy mandate after Sunday's elections to the upper house of parliament, in which he ...

Russia faced a penetrating barrage of drones from Ukraine over the weekend that caused all four of Moscow's major airports to ...

Japan's leader Shigeru Ishiba faces mounting political pressure as his ruling coalition is set to lose its majority in the ...

Officials in Hawaii issued a tsunami watch on Saturday evening as a series of earthquakes, including a 7.4 magnitude one, struck off the Russian coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Residents of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula were warned of potential tsunami waves as a series of earthquakes, including a 7.4 ...

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be of concern for policymakers. The market for secondhand private-equity ...

A wiser, stronger strategy would be to reserve a presidential visit to China for when Beijing demonstrates genuine reform.