Tucked away in the basement of this northern Japanese city’s local history museum is a small exhibit devoted to one of World War II’s most enduring territorial disputes. Known as the “Northern ...

Japan detected Russian and Chinese navies operating near its territory in recent days, as the country conducted a war game with the United States featuring anti-ship weapons. Newsweek has e-mailed ...

The Kremlin said on Friday that relations with Japan had been reduced to zero over Tokyo's "unfriendly" stance towards Russia, and there was no ongoing dialogue towards ...

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Chinese President Xi ...

MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War Two could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said on Monday that both Russia and China had recently deployed aircraft and vessels capable of collecting intelligence near the island nation. Newsweek has contacted the ...

Russian submarine RFS Volkhov (B-603), shown here, and a PLAN submarine sailed together for the first time in early August 2025 in the Sea of Japan. The Russian submarine was spotted Aug. 20, 2025, ...

Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported a Russian IL-20 Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) aircraft flew southwest over the Sea of Japan, Jan. 23, 2026. Japan Joint Staff Office photo Japan scrambled fighter ...

TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia June 2, 2025.