Japan and Seoul are preparing for the advent of the second Donald Trump administration, reviewing alliance issues and defense ...

Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is stirring the pot – notably on regional security matters.  He has proposed something that has done more than ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that he agreed in phone talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ...

As America's allies digested the news and scale of Donald Trump's election victory last week, four U.S. B-52 strategic ...

A security grouping in Southeast Asia similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is not possible at present ...

Ishiba’s call for an “Asian NATO” represents the nexus between the Japan-U.S. alliance and internationalism – both hallmarks of Japanese foreign policy, especially in the post-Cold War era.

The remarks come after new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, prior to taking office, had floated the idea of establishing an “Asian Nato”, a proposal that has gained no traction and was ...

Oct. 25 (UPI) --In the lead-up to his election, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba floated the idea of an "Asian NATO" to deter the increasing aggressiveness of China in the Asia-Pacific region.