Japan warns Russia over Sakhalin
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Japan says relations with Russia could be hurt by Moscow withdrawing approval for the Sakhalin 2 energy project.
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Japan said Friday it will complain to Australia after the government released graphic pictures of bloody whaling operations, accusing Canberra of stirring up emotions.
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The British, Dutch, Japanese and US governments question Russia's position on the key Sakhalin energy project.
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Russia plans to release the captain from one of four Japanese fishing boats seized in disputed waters last week out of concern for his health, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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Japan's foreign minister said a dispute with Russia over a string of islands could be solved by splitting the total land area in half, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Japan has called on a divided UN Security Council to impose tough sanctions on North Korea if it tests an atom bomb as Russia said it was trying to convince Pyongyang not to carry out its threat.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday reaffirmed Moscow's adherence to a 1956 declaration in which the Soviet Union said it was ready to hand over two of the four disputed Kuril Islands to Japan.
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Japan has warned leaders of the House of Representatives that serious, long-term damage to Japanese-U.S. relations is likely if the House passes a resolution demanding an official apology from Japan for its wartime policy of forcing women to become sex slaves for Japanese soldiers.
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Japan said it wanted Russia to return all four Kuril islands, snubbing Moscow's renewed talk of returning two of them to end the dispute that has prevented the countries from formally ending World War II.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced his government would work towards fulfilling a 1956 agreement with Japan to resolve the status of two disputed islands.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has  offered new talks to resolve the fate of four rocky islands  seized from Japan in the closing days of World War Two,  prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to consider a  visit to Moscow.
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TOKYO: Japan said it wanted Russia to return all four Kuril islands, snubbing Moscow&#39;s renewed talk of returning two of them to end the dispute that has prevented the countries from formally ending World War II.
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Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian military plane intruded into Japanese air space over the Izu Islands south of Tokyo on Saturday, a Japanese foreign ministry official said.
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Japan has told Russia it will not be satisfied with the return of just two of the four disputed Kuril islands. Russia&#39;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested at the weekend that Moscow might return two of the islands.
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Japan has warned it does not rule out quitting the International Whaling Commission if the divided group does not allow whaling within several years.
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MOSCOW : Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was ready to revive peace talks with Japan that would end their technical state of war dating back to World War II.
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Japan, Britain and the European Union all expressed worries on Tuesday about RussiaÂs actions.