Russia detains two North Korean vessels after attack in Sea of Japan: report
Russian border guards detained two North Korean racketeering vessels in Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan after one of them attacked a Russian patrol ship, the Tass news agency cited the Federal Security Service as saying on Tuesday. "The crew of a North ...
New York state education department urges schools to also refer to Sea of Japan as 'East Sea'
The education department of the state of New York has recently advised public schools to refer to the Sea of Japan also as the "East Sea," the name pushed by South Korea. The guidance, which is not legally binding, was sent out earlier this month ...
Kim's latest missile test and warnings come amid fears of a return to 'fire and fury' of 2017
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country's test of a "new-type" of guided missile Tuesday was a warning over joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, state media said Wednesday, amid fears of a possible return to 2017's ramped-up pace of weapons testing and ...
80 injured aboard ferry after suspected collision with marine animal in Sea of Japan
80 injured aboard ferry after suspected collision with marine animal in Sea of Japan
Russia orders firms to free captive orca, Belugas held in Far East 'whale prison'
Russian authorities have ordered the release of nearly 100 whales held captive in cages in Russia's Far East in a case that has drawn the ire of President Vladimir Putin, the public and international film stars, TASS news agency said on Thursday. Images of the ...
Japan to accept unofficial talks on Sea of Japan name as South Korea pushes 'East Sea'
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicated Wednesday that Tokyo is ready to accept unofficial talks among member countries of the International Hydrographic Organization on a review of the body's guidelines that would include discussion over the name for the Sea of Japan. South Korea, which ...
Over five years, 372 boats thought to be from North Korea have reached Japan, with 77 bodies
The number of cases in which wooden boats believed to be from North Korea were found either adrift off the Sea of Japan coast or washed up on Japanese shores totaled 372 over the five years from fiscal 2013, the government has said. A total ...
Tokyo eyes informal multiparty talks over Sea of Japan name dispute
Japan is considering holding informal talks with South Korea and other countries on a dispute over the name of the Sea of Japan, a top official has hinted, in what could become the latest in a series of diplomatic feuds between Tokyo and Seoul. Chief ...
The Defense Ministry issues a statement countering Seoul’s rebuttal of Tokyo’s claim that a South Korean warship directed its fire-control radar at a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan last month.
U.S. warship conducts Sea of Japan operation in challenge to Russia's 'excessive maritime claims'
The U.S. Navy has conducted a so-called freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed waters in the Sea of Japan, it said Thursday, to challenge "excessive maritime claims" made by Russia in the area. On Wednesday, the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell, which is forwards-deployed to ...
U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber sent over East China Sea and Sea of Japan in training with ASDF
The U.S. Air Force has sent a B-52 bomber over the East China Sea and Sea of Japan for a large-scale training mission involving 16 Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets, both countries' militaries said Friday. The mission, which took place a day earlier, was the ...
As squid season peaks, Japanese fishermen fear confrontation with North Korean boats
Fishing crews are growing more concerned about the shadowy North Korean boats because they are getting close enough to see their crews’ faces.
