Will Russia Use the Detained Japanese Journalist as a Bargaining Chip?
Russia’s detention of a male journalist working for the Hokkaido Shimbun’s bureau in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on suspicion of espionage…
Russia Orders Japanese Reporter Held for Two Months on Espionage Suspicion
A Moscow court ruled on October 13 that a Japanese male reporter affiliated with the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk bureau of…
Chinese delegation travels to Etorofu, island at center of Japan-Russia row
A delegation from China has visited Etorofu, one of four Russian-controlled islands in the northwestern Pacific claimed by…
Russia detains Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying
Moscow – Russia’s FSB security agency said on Tuesday it had detained a Japanese journalist for alleged espionage,…
Takaichi Cabinet Approval Stays Above 60% for 12th Straight Month
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet recorded a 61.6% approval rating in a joint Sankei Shimbun-Fuji News Network (FNN)…
Time to Rethink Russia Policy in Japan
In an earlier column, I argued that Japan’s diplomacy toward Russia should be grounded in two forms of…
Equal Earth Mapmaker to Recolor Northern Territories After Japan Protests
On September 4, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution backed by 164 countries, including Japan, calling…
Japan demands correction to Equal Earth map over depiction of disputed islands
The Japanese government said Thursday that it has demanded a correction to an Equal Earth world map on…
Japan’s protest over Russian soldier statue aggravates ‘summer of tension’
Russia has rebuffed a strongly worded complaint from Japan about the unveiling of a statue in the city…
Japan’s Northern Territories: The Four Islands Explained
このページを 日本語 で読む The Northern Territories, which Russian President Vladimir Putin recently visited for the first time, comprise…
Putin Visit to Etorofu Ends Image of Openness to Japan
When Vladimir Putin set foot on Etorofu as president for the first time, one of the four Russian-held…
Russia fires missiles near Northern Territories off Hokkaido during military drill
TOKYO: The Russian Navy’s Pacific Ocean Fleet posted on social media on Thursday that Russia conducted an exercise and…