The Kuril Islands still remain a mystery to the rest of the world The popular science film Land of the People rediscovers the unique territory of the Kuril Islands with their unique human and ...

The participants include 60 people, mostly pupils and teachers ... According to the program, former Japanese residents of the southern Kuril Islands and persons accompanying them will make nine ...

They developed their own distinct language, history and culture, which were quite different from Japanese, and also lived in northern Honshu, Sakhalin and the Kuril islands. The Ainu people hunted ...

The special economic regime for the Kuril Islands may resolve the ... the offence and contact with the Russian people who live on the islands and the mutual understanding between them is ...

Along with the strange atmospheric effects, people around the world experienced ... lesser-known volcanic chains, including the Kuril Islands, which stretch between Japan and Russia.

A view shows a military vehicle of the Bastion coastal missile system that went on duty on the Kuril island of Paramushir, Russia, which is one of the islands claimed by Japan and also known as ...

MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will definitely one day visit the Southern Kuril Islands which are at the centre of a dispute with Japan that has lasted since World War Two.