Nikkei Asia3h
Japan PM Ishiba tempers tone on Asian NATO, nuclear energy reduction
An Asian NATO "cannot be launched overnight," Ishiba said during a question-and-answer session with opposition party leaders. He had proposed the idea of a NATO-style collective security framework in ...
Spot the difference: Japanese cabinet mocked for edited family photo
The Japanese government has been mocked for doctoring an official photograph to make the cabinet look marginally more tidy.
Regional countries firmly reject Japan’s daydream of an ‘Asian NATO’
These voices underline the common aspiration of ASEAN countries for development and peace. Before Ishiba was elected the ...
Nikkei Asia9h
U.S. .watches Japan's new maverick leader with caution
Yuki Tatsumi, director of the Japan program at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington, said at last week's CSIS seminar ...
Japan PM defends his Diet dissolution plan in 1st debate with opposition
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday defended his plan to dissolve the lower house later this week for a snap election to ...
Japan’s ‘Asian NATO’ shot down by allies
The plan, first floated by new Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, would involve more formal military and strategic cooperation ...
How the new Japanese PM’s ambition for an Asian NATO was scuttled
His vision for an Asian NATO, plans to revise the US/Japan security treaty and renegotiate aspects of the Status of Forces ...