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 ...

MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. NATO’s plans to open an office in Tokyo prove its intent to continue the militarization of the Asia Pacific Region (APAC) and to build up the bloc standoff, Russian ...

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.

This time he pledged Tokyo's continued support of Ukraine, and called for greater coordination between Japan and NATO. Kishida met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the summit's ...

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba jetted off to the U.S. Thursday to discuss a changed security and economic landscape in Asia ushered in by the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.

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 ...

WASHINGTON--Japan is working toward opening a NATO liaison office in Tokyo, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita said on Tuesday. Tomita made the comment at an event hosted by the National ...

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 ...