PLA Daily commentary criticises Tokyo’s plan to raise defence spending to 2% of GDP, breaking a long-standing 1% ceiling.

Explore Japan's strategic move towards an 'Asian NATO' alliance, its impact on regional power dynamics, and the implications ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows after delivering a speech during a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday renewed his pledge to uphold Japan's three principles of not possessing, producing ...

Against this backdrop, the idea of a NATO-style alliance in the Indo-Pacific has gained traction. US Assistant Secretary of ...

Chinese defence ministry says Japan should have a deep understanding that nuclear war must not be fought, and can never be won.

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two years, bu ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has cancelled plans to attend the NATO summit in the Hague this week, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, scrapping his June ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment ...

Iran’s foreign minister is calling on Japan to join Tehran in leading a global movement to abolish weapons of mass ...

A White House official has said President Donald Trump is open to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attending, but ...