Japan will regularly deploy the Ground Self-Defense Force's marine unit to Australia, the two countries' defense chiefs said Sunday, in a boost for trilateral cooperation alongside Washington that is intended…
Just hours after Donald Trump claimed victory in Tuesday's US presidential election, world leaders quickly lined up to congratulate him on his stunning return to the White House following his…
The result of this week's US presidential election could have a vastly different impact on Japan depending on who wins, with Republican Donald Trump offering up the prospect of disruption…
New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces major obstacles in pushing his ambitious defense agenda as polling suggests his party will lose ground in Sunday's general election, forcing it to…
Following a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group's historic Nobel Peace Prize win Fridaythe country's stance on nuclear disarmament has once again been put under the spotlight.Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday instructed his Liberal Democratic Party to hold discussions on measures to ensure security in the Asian region. Ishiba, the ruling LDP's president, apparently had…
Just days after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a grassroots group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors pushing for the abolition of nuclear arms, Prime Minister Shigeru…
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso has once again found himself at the center of controversy over Taiwan on Wednesday, after delivering remarks a day earlier that referred to the island…
New Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has held his first talks with his US counterpart, with the two agreeing to continue expanding their bilateral presence in Japan's far-flung Nansei Islands near…
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday described the "Asian NATO" concept proposed by his boss, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, as one worth exploring.The idea of an Asian version…