Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a Russian man for shoplifting butter at a supermarket in Nemuro City ...

Now in their advanced years, the former residents want the visits to be restored for them to honor their ancestors whose ...

Former Japanese residents of the Russian-held islands cannot return to their hometowns because exchange programs between the ...

Russia's Pacific Fleet is mobilizing up to 40 vessels, more than 30 aircraft and helicopters, over 5,000 personnel for an exercise in the Far East.

The former Russian Consulate in Hakodate, Hokkaido, built in 1908 by the Russian Empire and featured in the popular mang ...

Visits are banned by Russia, which occupies Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan, and the Habomai islets, off Hokkaido ...

Former residents of four islands that Japan calls the Northern Territories have offered prayers for their ancestors at a ...