He succeeds Masahiro Mikami, Japan's ambassador to Belgium, in representing Tokyo’s interests with the military alliance. On January 16, Japan and NATO held high-level discussions in Tokyo ...

While Hegseth stressed that the U.S. remains committed to NATO – "full stop" – three points that he emphasized created ...

Tokyo has been scrambling for ways to placate the U.S. leader, and head off any dust-up between the allies during Friday’s meeting.

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko on the alliance's dangerous plans in Asia, the peace agreement with Japan and uranium supplies to South Korea ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia ...

NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected of posing a ...

Ishiba said he will not bring up establishing an “Asian NATO” during his visit ... he boarded a government plane for Laos at Tokyo's Haneda Airport a few minutes past midnight on Oct. 10.

Ahead of NATO’s Madrid Summit in June 2022 ... He was an international banker for 30 years, based in New York, Tokyo, London and Frankfurt, and for the past decade has focused on India. He was ...