The Kuril Islands comprise an archipelago of four islands between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the northernmost part of Japan, Hokkaido Island. Before World War II, the islands were a part of ...

it was stated that Moscow had informed Tokyo that it cannot coordinate any timeframes for its consultations on fishing due to Japan’s anti-Russian restrictions Japan eager to resume humanitarian ...

The negotiations for a peace treaty to officially terminate a state of war date back to 1956, when Russia and Japan signed the Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration. The territorial dispute over islands ...

Japan has periodically expressed unease about Russia beefing up its military infrastructure on the disputed island chain.

The Kuril Islands dispute has kept Japan and Russia from ever formally ending the hostilities between them during World War II. Japan's prime minister may finally have to give up hope of making ...