People of Japanese descent on Russia's Sakhalin island have long cherished the opportunity to step foot in their ancestral homeland, but the conflict in Ukraine has made those trips all but ...

He is exiled to Sakhalin as punishment for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Tsar Alexander III of Russia. While on the island, he creates a transcript of the language of its indigenous ...

A Russian man who survived 66 days adrift at sea on an inflatable boat has been charged with negligence over the deaths of ...

"The rescue operation in Sakhalin is over. Eighty-two people were evacuated and brought to shore. There are no casualties," the ministry said. In the morning of February 18, the Russian ...

The Japanese Consulate General in Sakhalin told NHK that the Japan Center has not yet received the ruling in writing. It said it will consider a response after reading the court's decision.

In the Sakhalin region where the project is located, people are increasingly concerned that the project might come to a halt, which would be a major blow to local employment and tax revenue.

Tokyo will respond to decisions of the Russian side on the Sakhalin-1 on the basis of the relevant decree and consultations with stakeholders, Yasutoshi Nishimura noted TOKYO, October 9.