The Ukrainian parliament voted on Friday to recognize Japan's claim to four of the Russian Kuril Islands, which stretch from northern Japan to the southern tip of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

A training sea battle with a simulated enemy was carried out by two corvettes of Russia's Pacific Fleet in the Sea of Okhotsk as part of scheduled exercises, the press service of Russia's eastern military district said on Wednesday

Fighter jets from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force took off on alert as one Russian Il-20 jet and nine, presumably Russian aircraft approached Japanese airspace on Wednesday, the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Force said

Two Russian strategic bombers Tu-95MS have conducted patrols over the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday

Combat units of the Bastion coastal missile system of the Russian Pacific Fleet have been deployed for duty on the Kuril island of Matua for the first time, the press service of the Russian Eastern Military District said on Thursday