Japan urged Russia to exclude areas around disputed northern islands from military drills Moscow is planning to conduct in the country's Far East from late August, a Japanese government spokesperson said on Thursday.Japan lays claim to the Russian-held southern Kuril islands that Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, a territorial row…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports logged a third straight month of double-digit gains in April led by U.S. de.