Japan has protested to Russia over the alleged temporary suspension of the right of passage of foreign vessels in the area of ...

Russia had already banned another group, the League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands, which organised annual trips to the archipelago by former residents. The dispute has prevented ...

Russia had already banned another group, the League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands, which organized annual trips to the archipelago by former residents. The dispute has prevented ...

More ALEXANDER ASTAFYEV/AFP via Getty Images At the end of World War II, the USSR seized the Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai islands of the Kuril Islands chain. Tokyo claims the islands ...

Japan said Thursday it has lodged a protest with Russia over its move to temporarily restrict the passage of foreign military ...

Japan refers to the four southernmost Kuril Islands — Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup, and the Habomai islets — as its “Northern Territories” and continues to dispute Russia’s sovereignty over them. The ...

April 16, 1945 marked the start of the top-secret U.S.-Soviet operation “Project Hula,” and a Japan-Soviet territorial ...

In response to questions from journalists, Iwai stated that Japan had received a notification from Russia about planned live-fire drills near the Kunashir, Shikotan, and Habomai islands, set to occur ...