Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s ...

Japan's ambassador to Russia appeared at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after being summoned amid a spat over ...

Following the serious diplomatic conflict between China and Japan, relations between Japan and Russia have also rapidly ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has criticised Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to Iturup, the largest of the ...

Japan protested Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, escalating tensions over territory claimed by ...

Russia rebuked Japan on Tuesday over Tokyo's protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the Far Eastern ...

The diplomatic spat continues to simmer as Moscow summons Tokyo’s ambassador after the Russian president’s trip to the disputed islands last week ...

MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Russia delivered a strong protest to Japan's ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday over what it called anti-Russian remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a dispute over a ...

Japan strongly protests Putin’s first visit to disputed islands as Russian president tours fish factory - Putin visits ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kuril Islands for the first time, sparking a protest from Japan ...

Japanese officials had ‘crossed the line of decency’ in criticising Putin’s recent trip, said Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Japanese PM says Putin’s visit to the Pacific island chain, seized by the Soviet Union in 1945, is ‘unacceptable’.