By Mark Buckton - Taipei When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 it did more than redraw the ...

Description: When during the night of the 8th of February 1904 the relatively small Japan launched a surprise attack against the behemoth Russia and its neutral fleet at Port Arthur, it marked the ...

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it will extend an exemption allowing companies to process transactions related to the Sakhalin 2 oil and natural gas development project in the Russian Far ...

MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War Two could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a ...

Recent weeks have seen a growing Chinese coast guard presence around disputed territories in the East China Sea controlled by Japan ...

Analysts warn there’s ‘no chance’ of visits to the islands resuming while Tokyo continues to back Kyiv in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Japan’s trade minister said the country aims to curb dependence on Russian liquefied natural gas, but can’t immediately halt imports despite growing pressure from the US. “Japan has steadily reduced ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Cannon fire, fighter jets, missil ...

For Japan, the Sino-Russian alignment in wartime narratives is more than a contest over memory – it generates real geopolitical effects. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Chinese President Xi ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Putin warns that Russia ...

Communist China’s president, Xi Jinping, on the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, on Wednesday will host two of America’s most difficult foes, President Vladimir Putin of Russia ...