This also shows once again that ASEAN has its own staunch stance on issues related to regional development and will not be ...

Ishiba will visit Laos from Thursday through Saturday "to attend ASEAN-related summits", deputy chief cabinet secretary ...

Many Asian countries maintain delicate ties with China, making the creation of any defense group aimed at countering ...

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his ...

With an active-duty military force of more than 2 million personnel, China’s military is the largest single force on the ...

An Asian NATO "cannot be launched overnight," Ishiba said during a question-and-answer session with opposition party leaders. He had proposed the idea of a NATO-style collective security framework in ...

These voices underline the common aspiration of ASEAN countries for development and peace. Before Ishiba was elected the ...

Yuki Tatsumi, director of the Japan program at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington, said at last week's CSIS seminar ...

The plan, first floated by new Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, would involve more formal military and strategic cooperation ...

Russia unleashed an overnight drone attack across Ukraine targeting the capital, Kyiv, and hitting infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, said Ukrainian officials on Sunday.

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

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