New leader has work cut out between bold security proposals, getting out of US shadow and need to improve Beijing ties, observers say.

Shigeru Ishiba's call for a Nato-like alliance looks dead in the water without US support. But analysts say it could still ...

Japan wants an alliance in Asia like the military alliance of the United States and its allies, NATO. On October 2, the country's newly appointed foreign minister, Takeshi Aiwaya, presented an ...

Among the ideas voiced in the West as possible scenarios for ending the current hot phase of the war in Ukraine and ...

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's new prime minister, seems to have taken that lesson to ...

New Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru placed an emphasis on economic policy during his initial policy address. What’s his ...

Besides the armies of USA and China, the list of the countries with the top military powers in the world might actually ...

For the U.S. alliances with South Korea and Japan to thrive — or merely survive — under the next administration, policy ...

Amid rising concerns of North Korea’s growing military ties with Russia, Japan’s Prime Minister pushes for a nuclear ...

Only a formal regional military alliance can prevent war in the region, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said recently.

Remember when Japan attacked the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor, on December, 7, 1941? As a sovereign nation, President Rooselvelt had no choice but to ask Congress to declare war on Japan. Sovereign ...

Japanese leadership in damage control amid pushback over proposal, which has been described as premature by Washington ...