Japan on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan cannot accept Russia's "unilateral" move to terminate agreements on Tokyo-funded education centers ...

The Japanese government has broadened its sanctions list in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the country's Foreign Ministry announced on Jan. 10. The newmeasures targeted individuals and ...

Tokyo will closely monitor the rollout of new U.S. sanctions on Moscow for any impact on shipments of liquefied natural gas ...

Tokyo wants to coordinate such actions with other countries, including the G7 countries. In May of this year, Japan imposed sanctions on Russian legal entities for supplying weapons from North Korea.

As Tokyo and Moscow are often at odds over various issues, including fisheries and the Northern Territories, a group of islands off Hokkaido administered by Russia, Satake named the feline “Mir ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea ...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could ...

Then the footage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought ... Yoshiaki Tanaka, a professor of ancient history at Senshu University in Tokyo, said trauma continues to torment many survivors ...

The participation of openly gay, lesbian and transgender athletes in the Tokyo Olympics has led to an upsurge in anti-LGBT commentary on Russian state TV. Extremely offensive language, some of ...

Russian hackers targeted this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo with the aim of disrupting them, UK officials said. The Foreign Office said Russia's GRU military intelligence carried out "cyber ...