Moscow marked the occasion by issuing a thinly veiled critique of deteriorating ties and hints at plans to close Japanese ...

Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, in order to cover the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan cannot accept Russia's "unilateral" move to terminate agreements on Tokyo-funded education centers ...

By bno - Taipei Bureau Japan has formally launched an independent diplomatic mission to NATO, reflecting its growing ...

Tokyo will closely monitor the rollout of new U.S. sanctions on Moscow for any impact on shipments of liquefied natural gas ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea ...

Japanese emergency crews worked through Tuesday to free a man driving a dump truck that fell through a large sinkhole that opened up at an intersection in Yashio, near Tokyo.

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday he is seeking to hold talks with new U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete ...

As Tokyo and Moscow are often at odds over various issues, including fisheries and the Northern Territories, a group of islands off Hokkaido administered by Russia, Satake named the feline “Mir ...

The Financial Times has reported that the Russian military has developed lists of targets containing 160 sites in Japan and ...

Michito Tsuruoka, an associate professor at Keio University and a former researcher at Japan’s Ministry of Defence, said conflict with Russia was a particular challenge for Tokyo if it was the ...