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.

It’s not uncommon to come across words in everyday conversations that have roots in the French language. Albeit less frequently, a handful of Russian and English loan words have also made their ways ...

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after his coalition suffered what he called an "extremely ...

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was clinging on Monday even after his coalition disastrously lost its upper house ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future was unclear Monday after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its ...

Sanctions from the European Union and United States have devastated Russia’s coal sector, causing billions in losses, ...

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