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Japan may send government officials to Russia as early as the end of May to maintain communications with Moscow to support its companies that are still operating there, report says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/10/companies/japanese-companies-in-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #russiajapanrelations #russia #meti

During a visit to Moscow, Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki said that Russia might attempt to arrange a meeting of the two nations' foreign ministers in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/05/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-meeting-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #russia #russiajapanrelations #moscow #ukraine

Students from Okinawa Prefecture have visited the city of Nemuro, Hokkaido, to learn firsthand about issues related to disputed islands that Russia controls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/02/japan/okinawa-northern-territories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #students #education #hokkaido #northernterritories #russiajapanrelations #wwii #disputedislands #russia #sovietunion

The ⁠Kremlin has said that relations with Japan had been reduced to zero over Tokyo's "unfriendly" stance toward Russia, and there ​was no ongoing dialogue toward peace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/21/japan/politics/russia-no-peace-dialogue-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #russia #russiajapanrelations #northernterritories #wwii #sanaetakaichi

Russia’s Sergei Shoigu told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that ​Moscow continues to support Beijing over Taiwan, as Russia keeps a close eye on Japan’s “accelerated militarization.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/asia-pacific/politics/shoigu-russia-china-taiwan-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #russia #china #taiwan #sergeishoigu #wangyi #chinajapanrelations #russiajapanrelations #russiaukrainewar

Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki has said that he conveyed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's stance on Japan-Russia relations to Moscow during his trip to Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-takaichi-russia-stance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #russia #russiajapanrelations #muneosuzuki #sanaetakaichi

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to realize the early restart of visits to graves on Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands by former Japanese residents of the islets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/politics/takaichi-grave-visits-restart-northern-territories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #hokkaido #russia #russiajapanrelations #northernterritories #sovietunion #wwii

Russia said any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War II could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a damaging “anti-Russian” stance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/politics/russia-japan-peace-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #russiajapanrelations #russia #northernterritories #disputedislands

Nippon Foundation Honorary Chair Yohei Sasakawa met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church during a visit to Moscow, during which he learned the Russian church is seeking dialogue with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/japan-foundation-head-russia-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yoheisasakawa #nipponfoundation #russiajapanrelations #russianorthodoxchurch #ukrainianorthodoxchurch

Former residents of islands off the coast of Hokkaido, driven off by a Soviet invasion at the end of World War II, want the government to convince Russia to allow them to visit their ancestral grave sites on the islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/northern-territories-grave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #russia #russiajapanrelations #sovietunion #wwii #kunashiri #etorofu #shikotan #habomai #northernterritories

Former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan have held a memorial service at sea for their ancestors for the fourth straight year because they remain unable to land on the northwestern Pacific islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/northern-territories-ex-residents-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #northernterritories #disputedislands #russiajapanrelations #russia #hokkaido

Russia has informed Japan that it will conduct shooting drills in waters north of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/15/japan/russia-drills-near-japan-disputed-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russiajapanrelations #disputedislands #northernterritories #yoshimasahayashi

Russia said Monday it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/russia-bans-japanese-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russiajapanrelations #russia #disputedislands #northernterritories #ngo

Abe's failed attempts to court Putin and resolve Japan's territorial dispute serve as a cautionary tale for Trump's "reverse Kissinger" strategy, highlighting how Putin exploits concessions without reciprocating. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/04/world/abe-putin-and-the-reverse-kissinger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #russia #russiajapanrelations #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #russiaukrainewar #russiausrelations #volodymyrzelenskyy

As a rift emerges on Ukraine, Kyiv's ambassador to Tokyo says Japan must take on a bigger role on the global stage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/21/japan/politics/ukrainian-ambassador-japan-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #russiajapanrelations #ukrainejapanrelations #asia #indopacific #china #taiwan #northkorea #sdf #defense

While U.S.-led export controls on Russia have targeted weapons and high-end chips, a less threatening product shows how hard it will be for Donald Trump to squeeze Vladimir Putin’s economy: Japanese grand pianos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/04/economy/japan-grand-pianos-russia-economy-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #russiajapanrelations #russia #piano #trade #china #yamaha #kawai

As Japan's long-term contracts to secure liquefied natural gas from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project near expiration, rival producers are seeing an opportunity to fill the supply gap. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/12/companies/japan-russia-lng-supply/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lng #gas #energy #utilities #russiajapanrelations #meti #sakhalin2

Russia and China are unlikely to stop their incursions into Japan's airspace and territorial waters because they know they can do so with very low risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/24/japan/japan-russia-china-incursions-analysis/ #japan #sdf #defense #china #pla #russia #russiajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #nato #defenseministry #minorukihara

Japan's "militarization" complicates the Asia-Pacific region, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/03/japan/politics/medvedev-japan-militarization-asia/?utm_content=buffer58719&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #dmitrymedvedev #russia #russiajapanrelations

For the second time in less than a year, independent Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki has defied the central government by flying to Moscow for talks with senior Russian officials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/30/japan/politics/suzuki-muneo-moscow/ #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #russiajapanrelations #russiaukrainewar #russia

Nippon Ishin no Kai has parted ways with Upper House lawmaker Muneo Suzuki over his surprise visit to Russia earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/10/japan/politics/muneo-suzuki-ishin-russia/?utm_content=buffer8cb38&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #russia #ukraine #nipponishinnokai #russiajapanrelations #muneosuzuki

Nippon Ishin no Kai is set to expel lawmaker Muneo Suzuki after he visited Russia without notifying the party beforehand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/06/japan/muneo-suzuki-russia-visit-expel/?utm_content=bufferc610a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #russia #ukraine #nipponishinnokai #russiajapanrelations #muneosuzuki

House of Councilors member Muneo Suzuki met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/03/japan/politics/japan-lawmaker-russia-visit/?utm_content=bufferdabbf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #muneosuzuki #russiajapanrelations #russiaukrainewar