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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he summoned Japan's envoy following Tokyo's protest of President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to one of four Russian-controlled islands. Japan claims the ...

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain near ...

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

Russia said Monday it has summoned the Japanese ambassador in Moscow after Tokyo lodged a strong protest over Russian President Vlad ...

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

Russian foreign minister says Tokyo has no grounds to object to the Russian president visiting any part of Russian territory.

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

The Russian leader’s first visit to the disputed Kuril islands has exposed how far ties between Moscow and Tokyo have ...

The US ambassador said Washington was "unwavering" in recognising Japanese sovereignty, after Putin's visit to the four ...

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

Japanese PM says islands seized by Soviets late in second world war are part of her country under international law ...