- 13:18 07/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 7 (RIA Novosti)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Tuesday he is resolved to settle a longstanding territorial dispute with Russia at an annual rally calling for the return of all four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido in northern Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.
- 22:07 29/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti)
The fate of the disputed Kuril islands in the Pacific Ocean should be decided in a referendum, Russia’s foreign minister said during a visit to Japan on Sunday.
- 17:42 14/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 14 (RIA Novosti)
If the “review” of the disputed Kuril Islands, known as the Northern Territories in Japan, was intended to strengthen Tokyo's unacceptable position concerning the disputed Southern Kuril Island, it cannot help positive relations between the two countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
- 12:09 14/01/2012 TOKYO, January 14 (RIA Novosti)
Japanese Foreign Minister has reviewed the disputed Kuril Islands, known as the Northern Territories in Japan, from aboard a patrol boat, as well as from Hokkaido Island, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday.
- 14:38 13/01/2012 TOKYO, January 13 (RIA Novosti)
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said on Friday he is planning to “review” the disputed Kuril Islands, known as the Northern Territories in Japan, from aboard a patrol boat, as well as from Hokkaido Island.
- 14:19 11/11/2011 KHABAROVSK, November 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has invited Japanese investors for joint development of the Kuril Islands, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
- 21:25 09/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is ready to discuss a peace treaty with Japan but rules out any claims to the southern Kuril Islands, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba by phone on Friday.
- 10:35 05/08/2011 TOKYO, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
Japan's former foreign minister, Seiji Maehara, has embarked on a tour of Russia's disputed Southern Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean, Kyodo News said on Friday.
- 13:04 23/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow reacted angrily on Thursday to Washington's possible involvement in the Russian-Japanese territorial dispute over to the Kuril Islands.
- 19:08 16/05/2011
The Russian Foreign Ministry shrugged off on Monday Japanese discontent over a Russian state visit to the disputed Kuril Islands.
- 06:59 16/05/2011
Japanese Foreign Ministry has lodged an official protest against the visit of a Russian high-ranking delegation to the disputed Kuril islands, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper said on Monday.
- 08:03 03/03/2011
Japan does not believe it necessary to reopen a probe into the desecration of a Russian flag by right-wing campaigners in the country, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said.
- 21:40 02/03/2011
Moscow has imposed an entry ban on two Japanese companies' heads for anti-Russian rhetoric, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Lukashevich, said on Wednesday.
- 21:09 02/03/2011
Moscow has imposed an entry ban on two Japanese companies' heads for anti-Russian rhetoric, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 12:25 02/03/2011
Japan is concerned over Russia's plans to deploy missiles on a group of disputed islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Wednesday.
- 23:49 01/03/2011 Mikhail Barabanov for RIA Novosti
Russia is backing up its rhetoric over the South Kuril Islands with action. In a surprise move that will no doubt further aggravate the long-standing territorial dispute between Russia and Japan, Russia's military-political leadership announced plans to modernize its armed forces in the country's Far East.
- 13:02 26/02/2011
Russia will deploy military units on Iturup and Kunashir, part of the Kuril Islands, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday.
- 12:14 26/02/2011
Russia will deploy military units on Iturup and Kunashir, part of the Kuril Islands, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday.
- 08:38 26/02/2011
Japan's Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said on Saturday Tokyo is looking up at an opportunity to participate in joint investment projects in the Kuril Islands with Russia.
- 17:22 25/02/2011 RIA Novosti interview with Viktor Pavlyatenko
Japan’s passionate celebration of “Northern territories day” sparked a new phase of tensions in relations between Moscow and Tokyo. Experts and political analysts continue to scrutinize the juridical aspects of the territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands.
- 17:10 25/02/2011
Japan’s passionate celebration of “Northern territories day” sparked a new phase of tensions in relations between Moscow and Tokyo.
- 17:29 24/02/2011
Washington's attempts to interfere in a dispute between Russia and Japan over the Kuril Islands are "unacceptable," the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesman said on Thursday.
- 21:20 22/02/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle on February 21 to register disapproval of America's support for Japan's territorial claims on the disputed southern Kuril Islands. But this is just a war of words.
- 14:58 22/02/2011
Recently Japan relaunched the campaign of claims to Russia's Kuril Islands - Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and Khabomai. The impression is that Tokyo is under the delusion that it is entitled to its own version of the settlement in the wake of World War II and even hopes to draw benefits based on the unilateralist approach.
- 07:43 22/02/2011
The Russian embassy in Tokyo is preparing a note to the Japanese foreign ministry demanding to launch criminal investigation into the recent desecration of the Russian flag.
- 18:13 20/02/2011
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said his Saturday's statement on the Kuril Islands, which Moscow called 'ambiguous,' was not aimed against Russia.
- 17:12 19/02/2011
Russia hopes that Japan will choose in favor of calm discussion on the possible conclusion of a formal peace treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
- 08:47 19/02/2011
Former spy Anna Chapman turned TV host will arrive on the disputed Kuril Islands in March to hoist the Russian flag and make a film about the life of local residents, Russian media have reported.
- 20:23 16/02/2011
The deployment of advanced medium-range S-400 Triumf missile systems on the disputed Kuril Islands would be excessive and potentially dangerous as they can reach Japanese territory, a Russian military commander said on Wednesday.
- 04:06 16/02/2011
The Russian Coast Guard denied Japanese media reports on Wednesday that it had opened fire on a Japanese fishing vessel off the disputed South Kuril islands.
- 09:01 15/02/2011
Moscow will deploy reinforcements to include short- and long-range air defense missile systems including the latest S-400 Triumf system to the southern Kuril Islands to protect Russia's sovereignty in the Far East, a high-ranking official in the General Staff of the armed forces said on Tuesday.
- 06:42 15/02/2011
Japan plans to track Russia's military presence on the south Kuril Islands.
- 17:35 12/02/2011
Some 7,500 Japanese nationals want to move to the Kuril Islands, disputed between Japan and Russia, Japan's Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has said.
- 15:43 12/02/2011
The Russian president will visit more of the disputed Kuril Islands, despite growing anger from Tokyo, the Kremlin chief of staff said during talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on Saturday.
- 15:49 11/02/2011
The Russian authorities are ready to offer concessions to foreign investors who choose to do business on the Kuril Islands, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 14:26 11/02/2011
There is no sense in holding peace talks with Japan as long as Tokyo holds radical views over the issue of the disputed South Kuril Islands, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 13:38 11/02/2011 RIA military commentator Ilya Kramnik
Russia's unresolved conflict with Japan over the Kuril Islands, which has been simmering since WWII, may reach a boiling point now that Russian authorities are set to go ahead with their plan to build up the disputed territory's defense potential.
- 13:20 11/02/2011
A pro-Kremlin youth group staged a picket outside the Japanese Embassy in Moscow ahead of Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara's arrival on a two-day visit later in the day.
- 17:50 10/02/2011
Russia must start building infrastructure near the port of Vladivostok as soon as possible to accommodate two Mistral class amphibious assault ships to be built in France for the Russian Navy, a military analyst said Thursday.
- 13:38 10/02/2011 Weekly column by Fyodor Lukyanov
Emotions are running high in the dispute over the Kuril Islands. Russia and Japan have been divided over ownership of the islands since the 1950s, but this had long since ceased to be a hot-button issue. How can we explain the unexpected surge in interest in this largely dormant territorial dispute?
- 11:18 10/02/2011
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara repeated before his visit to Moscow that the four South Kuril Islands belong to Japan, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday.
- 10:17 10/02/2011
At a meeting with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin, President Dmitry Medvedev stated that Russia would strengthen its strategic presence in the Kuril Islands. He called on Serdyukov to equip the region’s armed forces with the modern weapons necessary to ensure security, and urged Minister Basargin to draw more investment to the region and promote tourism on the islands.
- 20:21 09/02/2011
The two Mistral class amphibious assault ships built in France for the Russian Navy will be put in service with the Pacific Fleet, a Russian Defense Ministry source said Wednesday.
- 17:43 09/02/2011
Russia will increase its military presence on the disputed South Kuril Islands, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, a day after Japan's premier demanded their return at a rally.
- 16:29 09/02/2011
Russia will increase its military presence on the South Kuril Islands, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 19:19 05/02/2011
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged Japan to renounce its far-fetched emphasis on "island themes" in order to reach constructive dialogue with Russia.
- 22:07 04/02/2011
All trips by Russian officials to the Kuril Islands are aimed at facilitating the development of these remote territories, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
- 09:17 21/01/2011
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano expressed deep regret on Friday over the visit of a Russian defense ministry commission to one of the disputed South Kuril Islands.
- 07:38 23/12/2010
The Japanese government has decided to fire its ambassador to Russia for failure to timely inform Tokyo about the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to one of the four disputed Kuril Islands in November.
- 14:29 22/12/2010
Increased cooperation between Russia and Japan will help build a solid base for negotiations on the long-standing dispute over the Kuril Islands, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin said on Wednesday.
- 15:09 04/12/2010
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is considering visiting Russia in February in order to hold talks with his Russian counterpart on the settlement of a bilateral dispute over the Kurile Islands.
- 09:28 04/12/2010
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara called on Saturday for stable relations with Russia in order to solve a territorial dispute that has divided the two countries since World War II.
- 09:33 17/11/2010
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday that a possible visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, called the Northern Territories by Japan, deserved careful consideration.
- 12:37 14/11/2010
Developing economic cooperation between Russia and Japan will facilitate resolution of the long-standing dispute over the Kuril Islands, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Sunday.
- 13:45 13/11/2010
President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday invited Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to visit any Russian region, including the Far East.
- 12:55 13/11/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said they intend to develop a trust-based dialogue between the countries, after a territorial dispute recently soured relations.
- 07:07 12/11/2010
Despite the recent diplomatic spat between Moscow and Tokyo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with the Japanese premier during the forthcoming APEC summit.
- 14:04 08/11/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will discuss bilateral political cooperation and joint business projects during their meeting at the forthcoming APEC summit in Yokohama, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Monday.
- 10:32 08/11/2010
Talks with Russia over the four disputed islands to the northeast of Hokkaido will be difficult, but Japan is set to take all efforts to regain them, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Monday.
- 19:10 07/11/2010
Japanese senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, to Nemuro, Hokkaido, (disputed Kuril Islands, called the Northern Territories by Japan), Yoshinori Suematsu, has met with the islands' former residents.
- 07:33 07/11/2010
Japan's ambassador to Russia, recalled amid the recent diplomatic spat over the disputed Kuril Islands, will return to Moscow by Sunday noon, the Kyodo news agency said.
- 09:44 07/07/2010
Japan is concerned by the holding of Russia's Vostok-2010 military drills on Iturup Island, the largest of the disputed South Kuril Islands, Japan's Kyodo news agency said.
- 16:18 31/01/2010
Japan's Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a protest after Russian border guards opened fire at two Japanese fishing vessels off the disputed South Kuril islands.
- 18:54 25/11/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The Japanese government has approved a document declaring the South Kurils an occupied territory.
- 21:58 24/11/2009
Russia's Foreign Ministry sent on Tuesday a note of protest to Japan over a document describing the Southern Kuril islands as "territory occupied by Russia."
- 15:40 14/12/2006
Russian experts believe the Japanese foreign minister's new proposal to divide the Kuril islands could reinvigorate talks on the long-standing territorial row with Russia, but doubt it is a realistic option.
- 11:08 14/12/2006
Japan's government distanced itself Thursday from Foreign Minister Taro Aso's proposal to resolve a long-standing territorial row with Russia over four Kuril islands by dividing them down the middle.
- 14:48 18/11/2006
A 60-year-old dispute over the ownership of four Kuril Range islands, off Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, has prevented the two nations from signing a peace treaty that would formally end their World War II hostilities.
- 15:43 17/10/2006
Neither Russia nor Japan is likely to make concessions on four disputed Pacific islands any time soon, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday.
- 13:40 03/08/2006
- 11:55 03/08/2006
Russia's government approved Thursday a draft program for the social and economic development of the Kuril Islands in 2007-2015.
- 13:22 17/07/2006
Russia and Japan are seeking to improve bilateral cooperation despite a dispute over a peace treaty dating back to World War II, a Russian presidential aide said Monday.
- 21:14 02/06/2006
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