The Soviet Union took the four southernmost Kuril Islands during the final days of World War II. Japan asserts territorial rights to the islands, which it calls the Northern Territories, and the dispute has kept the countries from signing a peace treaty.

Several participating countries that attended the Annual Meeting of IMF-World Bank Group 2018 in Bali have expressed their willingness to provide assistance for natural disasters in Palu and Donggala and Lombok

As the fourth year of the implementation of the Working Cabinet development program to achieve development goals in order to achieve prosperity and social justice, the government responded in 2018 through the establishment of the theme of fiscal policy, namely strengthening fiscal management to accelerate equitable growth

The true face of Indonesia, said organizers of the recent Asian Games, was reflected in the throng of young volunteers who were always smiling and ready to help

Yomiuri conducted its monthly survey on September 21 through 23 right after PM Abe defeated Rep Ishiba for the Party President election, and made his third term on the 20th

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday sharply criticized the use of economic sanctions "as weapons" in his address to the United Nations, in an implicit swipe at the United States

A Japanese start-up is to send spacecraft to the moon in a deal signed with Elon Musk's SpaceX, the Tokyo-based firm said Wednesday

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is widely expected to win his ruling party's leadership election Thursday, setting him on course to become Japan's longest-serving premier

During this year’s “Eastern Economic Forum” held in Vladivostok this week, Russian President Putin suggested in a plenary session of September 12 that Japan and Russia should pursue to conclude a peace treaty first before trying to solve the Northern Islands issue

In a rapidly advancing world in which people now have access to life-prolonging medicines and mass produced food, modern cities have become the centers for these scientific and technological advancements. This has lead to skyrocketing population growth in urban centers

The toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose Wednesday to nine, with thousands of strikes at a major airport because of storm damage

The Chinese contingent officially becomes the overall champion of the 2018 Asian Games after being ranked first in the final medal standings