President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP) Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin,

And households are hating it. Part of the problem is that most of the inflation from which Japan is suffering comes from abroad. It wasn’t the BOJ’s ultraloose policies that defeated deflation — it was Vladimir Putin.

Multiple outlets have reported that nearly 150 fishermen and "extreme sports enthusiasts" were rescued from a floating ice floe between Russia and Japan.

China and Russia increased their deployments of intelligence-gathering vessels and aircraft around Japan in early February, and this appears to be a co-ordinated

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The fishermen were rescued on Wednesday, Feb. 12, after being stranded on an ice floe in the Sea of Okhotsk between Russian and Japan

Shigeru Ishiba expresses hope that diplomatic efforts, including those being made by the US, will end the war - Anadolu Ajansı

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (pic) called for Group of Seven nation leaders to avoid showing the wrong precedent during talks to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Japan’s Commitment to Sanctions Japan has reaffirmed its decision to maintain strict sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. These sanctions are part of a coordinated effort by the Group of Seven (G7) major nations,

Ukraine's ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, has stressed that his country will be at the table for peace talks.

Meanwhile the rest of the world was gravely concerned by the day-to-day increase of diplomatic tension between mighty, patient Russia and small, aggressive Japan. Last month Edouard Herriot of ...