Japan said it scrambled jets Friday to monitor Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which had flown along the edge of Japanese airspace up its coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/japan-sdf-russian-bombers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #russiajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #russiaukrainewar #sdf
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
Japan on Friday expanded sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, freezing the assets of more people and groups as well as slashing the Russian oil price cap. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/japan-russia-sanctions-expand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #russiaukrainewar #russiajapanrelations #foreignministry
Japan has partially eased its travel restrictions to Russia, allowing unavoidable travel for reasons including humanitarian, business, study, research and education purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/travel-advisory-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #foreignministry #russiajapanrelations
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