Japan's prime minister will be in Moscow Tuesday, amid speculation that Russia and Japan might be about to sign a peace treaty. The two countries have still not officially ended World War II.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to warnings from Moscow and Washington that one false move could precipitate a catastrophic global conflict.. But while the threat of World War Three remains a ...

But the Japanese refused to acknowledge Russia’s claims and only signed a declaration that ended the state of war in 1956, while still refusing to sign an actual peace treaty.

Russia and Japan have still not formally ended World War II hostilities because of the standoff over islands just off Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, known in Russia as the Kurils and ...

You see, the Soviet Union and Japan never actually signed a peace treaty after World War II ended in 1945, much like the United States still technically remains at war with North Korea despite ...

Russia and Japan have yet to sign a peace treaty in the 77 years since the end of World War II. Why Russia is still officially at war with Japan Skip to main content ...

It is likely that there will not be a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia this year — or ever one at all. If negotiations stagnate, they could resemble the post-World War II relations ...

On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, ... meaning Russia and Japan still have no official document of peace that reconciles their post-war relationship.

Japan and Russia never signed a peace treaty at the end of World War II, with Soviet troops left occupying remote islands to the north of the Japanese mainland when the fighting stopped.

Still, the Russo-Japanese War may indeed have been a “regional” conflict, but Northeast Asia is a remarkably important region, home to three of the largest economies of the 21st century.

Russia and Japan have still not formally ended World War II hostilities because of the standoff over islands just off Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, known in Russia as the Kurils and ...