The move comes as the company has effectively lost its European export market, with the only remaining gas route to Europe now running through Turkey. Read also: Gazprom eyes massive 40% central staff cut,

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan cannot accept Russia's "unilateral" move to terminate agreements on Tokyo-funded education centers that offer Japanese language classes, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday, pledging to take appropriate action.

Paralympic gold medalist Yuto Sano, who secured Japan's first-ever men's goalball crown at the Paris Games with a dramatic overtime g

The new measures targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Turkey, and North Korea.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles ...

Established in 1932, it produces Tu-160 strategic bombers and Tu-204 civilian airliners. Ukraine is working on its version of the US Patriot missile and Russia can expect battle “surprises” in the future, the Ukrainian army’s highest-ranking officer ...

The family of Megumi Yokota, who was 13 when she was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, met the US president previously in Tokyo The family of a Japanese national who was just 13 when she was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 have called on US President Donald Trump to intervene with Pyongyang and bring her and other abductees home -

Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago. Now, another group of scientists have found new clues about what life was like in Lucy's time, including the surprising discovery of early tools dating back three million years.

North Korea, fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine in its first major conflict since the Korean War, on Monday adopted its ally’s tone in lambasting warming Japanese ties to NATO.

President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

Through its association with Saudi Arabia and other Middle East states, Japan must find a way to lead on human rights again. The growing partnership with Riyadh stands as a critical test. | Read this

NATO has deepened its links with Japan and three other Indo-Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, though not as part of the military alliance.