The Russian Pacific Fleet has conducted air defense exercises in the Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan, the Russian Eastern Military District press office said on Thursday

Deliveries of Arctic-produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan via the Northern Sea Route is important for Tokyo's energy security, Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki told Sputnik

Japan and Russia will sign a number of documents on joint projects during the ongoing Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), and business dialogue at the event will open a new stage of bilateral partnership, Japanese ambassador in Moscow Toyohisa Kozuki told Sputnik

Pandemic has made travel more complicated, but Russia hopes that Japan will be able to participate in the future editions of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, when asked about Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's absence at the EEF, which has just opened in Vladivostok