Russia
October 23, 2012
MOSCOW/LONDON--Rosneft tightened its grip on Russia's oil industry on Oct. 22 with a $55 billion deal to buy TNK-BP that also makes Britain's BP a one-fifth shareholder in the...
October 19, 2012
MOSCOW--A politically stable Russia under the long-running leadership of President Vladimir Putin offers significant opportunities for Japanese investment, says Masami Iijima,...
October 12, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—The Russian leadership is increasingly trying to attract foreign companies to Etorofu, one of four islands that Russia seized from Japan in the closing...
October 10, 2012
MOSCOW--A member of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal on Oct. 10 but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest...
October 01, 2012
Japan and Russia will move to improve relations with high-level talks this autumn, ahead of a scheduled visit to Russia in December by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
September 30, 2012
Giant bridges and other huge infrastructure projects were completed in Vladivostok for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings held in early September, drastically...
September 29, 2012
Martin Tate was among the first expatriates to seize upon the Russian Far East’s potential as a grain production center.
September 28, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia--A thick concrete fortress overlooks the peaceful Amur Bay from the top of a mountain. Built by imperial Russia, it still stands firm today. Cool, musty air ...
September 27, 2012
Three members of Pussy Riot, an all-female punk band, were sentenced Aug. 17 to two years in prison for staging a guerrilla performance of an anti-Putin protest song in the...
September 26, 2012
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets when Russian electronic surveillance aircraft were spotted over the Sea of Japan near where the U.S. military was testing...
September 18, 2012
SEOUL--North Korea's state news agency KCNA said on Sept. 18 that it and Russia had signed a deal on debts owed by Pyongyang to Moscow, although it gave no details of any of...
September 13, 2012
OKTYABRSKY, Russia--In the first major agricultural project by a Japanese company in the Russian Far East, Ebistrade Inc. has started growing buckwheat, a move that could cut...
September 12, 2012
Takeda Pharmaceutical International GmbH announced Sept. 12 the completion of construction at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Yaroslavl, Russia.
September 11, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia--A grandiose thank-you by Russia's president to hundreds of Russian students has caused a bureaucratic headache for Japan, after Vladimir Putin declared he...
September 09, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia--Russia and Japan signed an agreement on Sept. 8 to develop plans for a $7 billion liquefied natural gas plant on Russia's Pacific coast, potentially...
September 08, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- China sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy on Sept. 8 and urged countries gathering at an Asia-Pacific summit to protect themselves by ...
September 06, 2012
Japanese auto parts companies are expanding into Russia to take advantage of the opening up of one of the world's fastest growing car markets.
August 20, 2012
RASON, North Korea -- North Korea is staging its second international trade fair in the special economic zone of Rason this week just days after a top official went to China to ...
July 31, 2012
Despite its claim that the Northern Territories legally belong to Japan, it is Moscow, not Tokyo, that exercises an increasingly firm grip on development of the disputed...
July 28, 2012
SOCHI, Russia -- Russia and Japan sparred July 28 over disputed islands that have strained their relations since World War II, making no visible progress in talks toward a...