It is decidedly outside the Trump administration’s interest to harm the LDP’s electoral prospects if it wants a greater ...

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, NATO Secretary ...

Analysts say the decision could be a missed opportunity to formalise Japan’s role as a trusted partner in global security.

Japan said on Monday its Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has cancelled plans to attend this week's NATO summit, joining other ...

Trump has long questioned the value of U.S. membership in NATO, an alliance he’s cast as a drain on American resources.

For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

The present Quad statement is far more focused and indicates a definite thrust of activity that is clearly focused on the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing criticism from within his own party over his last-minute decision to skip a NATO ...

PRAGUE – Tomio Okamura, the Tokyo-born leader of Czechia’s far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party, is making a ...

Japan sent a lower-level delegate to the NATO summit. Chinese analysts frame it as a broader strategic awakening: a ...

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (right) with Japan’s then-prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. Kishida’s government had strongly backed the proposal for a Nato office in Tokyo.