At the time, commercial whaling by countries such as Japan and the Soviet Union was driving global whale populations to dangerously low levels while simultaneously fueling a growing international ...

A combination of the Japanese and former Manchurian armies fought against the enemy made up of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Japan suffered a devastating defeat at Nomonhan. What appeared ...

The share of Japan's contribution to the United Nation's regular budget will drop by about 1 percentage point from the ...

In northernmost Hokkaido, residents can easily see Russian-held islands that once belonged to Japan. Some still hold out hope for the islands’ return.

Can the prediction of future surprise attacks and their consequences be improved? Or is the iron grasp of history and the ...