Russia decided this year to declare Sept. 3 - the day after Japan's surrender in World War Two - a "Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan"...

Russia's Pacific Fleet went on high alert on Friday for snap drills with missile launches in a massive show of force amid the tensions with...

The drills come amid heightened tension in the Asia-Pacific region, as the United States and South Korea conduct joint air exercises follow...

Japan's GSI utilized digital mapping technology to conclude that Japanese territory now consists of 14,125 islands, which is more than doub...

Japan lays claim to the Russian-held southern Kuril islands, which Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, a territorial row that dates to th...

Japan has imposed a series of sanctions on Russia in recent weeks, including freezing some individual assets, banning exports of luxury goo...

"Under the current conditions Russia does not intend to continue negotiations with Japan on a peace treaty," the foreign ministry said in a...

Part of the chain is claimed by Japan and the territorial dispute over some of the islands dates back to the time when the then-Soviet Unio...

Ahead of a second and key reading set for next week, Putin submitted 24 pages worth of new proposals, said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Vo...

In a statement, Colonel-General Sergei Surovikin, announced the launch of "unprecedented measures to develop military infrastructure in the...

Russia has begun building two modern military compounds on the far eastern Kuril islands, defence minister Sergei Shoigu said, heightening ...

"China is our reliable friend," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday in an interview ahead of a conference in Shanghai.