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.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has criticised Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to Iturup, the largest of the disputed Kuril Islands. In response, Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian ...

The four contested islands, seized by Russia during World War II, have gained importance since the end of the conflict, providing strategic military bases to the Kremlin.

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 ...

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 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.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the Russian leader's visit “wounds the feelings” of the Japanese people and further hardens anti-Russian sentiment in her country.

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.

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’.