MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Japan are still having major disagreements on the territorial problem related to the South Kurile Islands, but are ready to seek a mutually acceptable

MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Japan welcomes Russia will host the Summer Universiade in 2013, the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and the FIFA World Cup in 2018, Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji

MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass)(adds)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered to create a joint commission of historians with Japan, but his Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara doubts that

MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei

MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Japan intend to realize the bilateral cooperation potential in practical ties, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference after the

MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass) - Japan, Russia should draft a peace treaty without any artificial deadlines and preconditions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Japan will have the next
round of strategic negotiations at the level of first deputy foreign

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Japan can consider economic
cooperation with Russia on the Kurile Islands. "Japan is ready to consider

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Japan and Russia confirmed the
readiness of the countries to search for a mutually acceptable solution to

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov believes the visit by his Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara to