Analysts say the decision could be a missed opportunity to formalise Japan's role as a trusted partner in global security ...

For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, center, prepares to take a group photo with Japan Self-Defense members at Iruma Air Base in Sayama, northwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo ...

NATO will set up a liaison office in Tokyo in 2024 and use it as a hub for co-operation with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, the Nikkei newspaper said on Tuesday, a plan China has ...

China can now build more ships in a month than the United States can in a year.” That harsh verdict, based on satellite images and defense industry sources, has been a watchword for NATO leaders and ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivers a speech to personnel of Japan Self-Defense Forces at Iruma Air Base in Sayama, northwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

Closed for business. Now there's a hitch in what would have been the next substantial step in that relationship: the creation of a liaison office in Tokyo, NATO's first in Asia, which could also ...

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Japan is working towards the opening of a NATO liaison office in Tokyo, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita said on Tuesday. Tomita made the comment at an ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has sharply criticized China for “bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan” and stressed the need for Japan and other democracies to work together ...

TOKYO — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sharply criticized China on Tuesday for “bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan” and stressed the need for Japan and other democracies ...

Tokyo – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sharply criticized China on Tuesday for “bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan” and stressed the need for Japan and other democracies ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has sharply criticized China for “bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan” and stressed the need for Japan and other democracies to work together ...