Japan’s next leader will be a former defense minister who wants to reshape what he sees as an unequal alliance with the U.S., ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, wants the have a more equal partnership with the US. He will be elected prime ...

A former defence minister who has backed the formation of an “Asian Nato” is set to become the next prime minister of Japan ...

Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the U.S. with proposals to ...

Japan’s next Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-proclaimed policy wonk on defense matters whose friends consider him to ...

Japan is urging its citizens to leave Lebanon and has decided to prepare military flights for their possible evacuation, the ...

There is hope that Shigeru Ishiba’s leadership will herald a new era of strengthened defence and economic ties between India ...

The US is Japan’s only security treaty ally and has its largest permanent foreign military presence in Japan, with around ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's prime minister after winning a closely fought contest on ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Type 10 main battle tank (MBT) is undergoing significant upgrades to enhance its survivability against modern threats, including man-portable anti-tank weapons and unmanned aerial ...

Japan will not send a new ambassador to Myanmar after the current envoy leaves the country later this week, with a minister ...

A Japanese destroyer crossed the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 1954, per reports, in a move that is likely to ...