But can Japan and NATO take their budding partnership to the next level? Japan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have been taking significant steps to strengthen dialogue and cooperation ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opted for a pragmatic approach in his diplomatic debut on his visit to Laos that ended Friday, avoiding any mention of his controversial proposal to create a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opted for a pragmatic approach in his diplomatic debut on his visit to Laos that ended Friday, avoiding any mention of his controversial proposal to create a ...

Japan’s new leader has proposed Nato-like nuclear sharing with the United States, a move analysts say would stoke tensions in the region and see China “sharpening its strategies”.

As a self-described “military geek”, the new Japanese leader is expected to bolster ... Though an Asian Nato might seem unrealistic and unwelcome in the region, Nagy said he believes that ...

and by making the Japan-US military alliance the core of a new “Asian version of NATO”. “Ukraine today is Asia tomorrow.” wrote Ishiba in his recent essay for the Hudson Institute. “Replacing Russia ...

"The absence of a collective self-defence system like NATO in Asia means that wars are likely to break out because there is no obligation for mutual defense," he wrote. Ishiba, like many Japanese ...

Japan has quietly shelved a campaign to convince Pacific allies of the need for a NATO style security pact to discourage or defend themselves against Chinese aggression. The plan, first floated by ...

TOKYO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's concept for an "Asian NATO" has faced an outpouring of criticism in Southeast Asia. For years, Ishiba, a former defense ...

Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the U.S. with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an "Asian NATO" and ...

Shigeru Ishiba's call for a Nato-like alliance looks dead in the water without US support. But analysts say it could still ...