U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday played down concerns about relations with key U.S. ally Japan, saying there is ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed U.S.-Japan relations, emphasizing no division despite Japanese PM Shigeru ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told senior Self-Defense Forces officials on Monday that Japan will make ...

The way of fighting keeps changing as the technology develops,' the prime minister noted, citing Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...

The comments echoed the view of Ishiba, who has repeatedly said that what is most important is the substance of strengthened defense capabilities — not arbitrary figures.

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday said that US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 25 per cent ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that it was important to build up the necessary defence budget for Japan, while stressing that a numerical target for the budget should not be ...

TOKYO, July 8 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday that United States (US) President Donald Trump ...

The last time I attended the Meeting of the Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Force Senior Personnel was in 2007, when the Defense Agency was transformed into the Ministry of Defense, marking a ...

Japan and other U.S. allies have been engaged in difficult trade talks with the U.S. because of Trump's tariffs.