U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made introductory phone calls on Friday to Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and ...

Ishiba also said he intends to seek assistance from Trump in resolving the issue of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North ...

Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...

Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet US President Donald Trump to strengthen security, trade, and energy ties.

The key allies are each other’s top foreign investors, while 54,000 US military personnel are stationed in Japan.

The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China maintains it has ...

China made the latest move in its territorial confrontation with Japan by sending surveillance vessels to the disputed islands, known as Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Japan's Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani agreed in a phone call Friday to continue ...

Five Diet members inspected areas around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, drawing a rebuke from China, which also claims the uninhabited islets. “We looked at the status of ...

Leaving Japan to fend for itself would be an end to the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Defense Treaty.

Japan is capable of real contributions to the balance of power in East Asia, but it chooses dependence on the United States. Despite having the world’s third-largest economy and territorial ...