The plan, first floated by new Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, would involve more formal military and strategic cooperation ...

These voices underline the common aspiration of ASEAN countries for development and peace. Before Ishiba was elected the ...

His vision for an Asian NATO, plans to revise the US/Japan security treaty and renegotiate aspects of the Status of Forces ...

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 ...

Yuki Tatsumi, director of the Japan program at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington, said at last week's CSIS seminar ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday sought to stave off criticism from the opposition bloc about his abrupt change of ...

South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said Monday that the government will maintain readiness against potential North ...

The Japanese government has been mocked for doctoring an official photograph to make the cabinet look marginally more tidy.

To get a sense of this factor, the chart from page four was redone, with spending by NATO, Japan, South Korea, Israel, and Saudi Arabia added to the analysis. The United States and these allies ...

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