1 day ago · Russia's defense ministry reportedly announced that its long-range strategic bombers flew over international waters in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. The Russian ministry released a ...

1 day ago · TOKYO - Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian bombers flew over international waters around the country, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said on Jan 31. “We confirmed that Russian ...

Relations between the Russian Federation and Japan are the continuation of the relationship of Japan with the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991, and with the Russian Empire from 1855 to 1917.

5 days ago · A century after a landmark treaty rekindled ties between Japan and the Soviet Union, a new era of tension shows just how fragile relations between Tokyo and Moscow have become. Russia marked the ...

The battles of the Russo-Japanese War, in which machine guns and artillery took a heavy toll on Russian and Japanese troops, were a precursor to the trench warfare of World War I. [135] A German military advisor sent to Japan, Jakob Meckel, had a tremendous impact on the development of the Japanese military training, tactics, strategy, and ...

Sep 23, 2024 · Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan’s airspace above Rebun Island, just off the coast of the country’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, for up to a minute in three instances, during its five-hour flight in the area.

Dec 4, 2024 · By vividly demonstrating the threat that Russia poses, Moscow has inadvertently forced Japan to recognize the indivisibility of European and East Asian security and thereby encouraged Japan to deepen cooperation with NATO.

Sep 23, 2024 · Japan scrambled an undisclosed number of F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, which used flares for the first time after the Russian aircraft apparently ignored their warnings, Kihara said.

Dec 16, 2024 · Holding of “presidential election” in regions of Ukraine illegally “annexed” by Russia (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (March 19, 2024) Attendance of Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamikawa at the 2024 National Rally to Demand the Return of the Northern Territories (February 13, 2024)

Sep 23, 2024 · A Russian military patrol plane breached Japanese airspace off the country’s northwestern coast three times on Monday, prompting Japan’s military to dispatch a fighter jet to issue...