TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to dozens of organizations in Russia and several other ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets to monitor nuclear-capable Russian warplanes that flew over international waters along the edge of Japanese airspace off its coast. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Japan’s air force launched the jets in response to ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across... TOKYO — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending ...

Smile to Pay, a biometric payment method offered by Russia's Sberbank, has expanded its network of biometric payment terminals at public transportation systems.

The Russian and Chinese military maneuvers near Japan came amid tensions between the Moscow-Beijing quasi-alliance and Tokyo.

Analysts warn there's 'no chance' of visits to the islands resuming while Tokyo continues to back Kyiv in the Russia-Ukraine war Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pledge to revive visits by former residents to the Russia-controlled islands off Japan's far north has reignited debate over whether humanitarian exchanges can survive the deep

The defense ministry on Wednesday lodged a protest with the defense attaches of China and Russia based in Seoul over the brief entry of their military aircraft into South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) the previous day.