Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan has been a public critic of Mr. Putin, who has denounced her country’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.

The Russian leader visited the Kuril islands for the first time, according to state media.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kuril Islands for the first time, sparking a protest from Japan.

Japan lodged a "strong protest" on Thursday against Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed Kuril Islands. Part of the island chain - referred to by Japan as the Northern Territories ...

Japan has strongly protested Putin’s visit to Iturup, one of four islands claimed by Tokyo as the Northern Territories. The dispute has prevented Russia and Japan from signing a formal post-war peace ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the disputed Kuril Islands has triggered a sharp protest from Japan, reviving a decades-old territorial dispute. His appearance on Iturup comes amid growing ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for the first time visited the Kuril Islands, a Russian-controlled Pacific island chain also claimed by Japan, in a move that drew a protest from Tokyo.

Japan issued a stern rebuke to Moscow after the Russian president visited a chain of islands at the center of a territorial dispute between neighbors.

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain near ...

Japanese PM says Putin’s visit to the Pacific island chain, seized by the Soviet Union in 1945, is ‘unacceptable’.

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting protests by Japan which also claims the territory -- quickly dismissed by Moscow. Moscow ...

Russia's president visits Iturup for the first time as Moscow and Tokyo remain locked in a decades-old territorial dispute that has prevented the signing of a post-World War II peace treaty ...