The memorandums were signed in Tokyo in September 2000 and in Vladivostok in June 2003 to regulate the establishment and operation of Japan Centers in Russia. Mishustin, in his decree, directed the ...

Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any ...

MANILA on Tuesday accused China of intimidating Filipino fishermen near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea and normalizing its “illegal presence” after Beijing sent its biggest coast guard ship ...

Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister ...

China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense ...

The United States and China appear destined for a military conflict, with bellicose rhetoric on both sides, an escalating ...

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands — a former Soviet nuclear submarine base — was responsible for the mysterious 1831 ...

The location of a giant volcanic eruption in 1831 has eluded scientists for nearly 200 years, but now they have solved the ...

Russia's accidental shoot-down of an Azerbaijani civilian airliner has caused tension between the two countries. Kazakhstan is overseeing the crash investigation and is trying to remain neutral ...

part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan. Before the scientists’ findings, Zavaritskii’s ...

part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan. Before the scientists’ findings, Zavaritskii’s last known eruption was in 800 BC. “For many of Earth’s ...

After the war started, Russia cut off most supplies through the Baltic and Belarus-Poland pipelines, citing disputes over a demand for payment in rubles. Russia’s Gazprom said in a statement ...