SEOUL, May 15. /TASS/. Japan's rapprochement with NATO and its intention to become a "military giant" would undermine regional stability and could lead to the country’s "second ruin," Kim Sol ...

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 ...

The idea of an "Asian NATO" floated by Japan's new prime minister is one to consider in the mid- to long-term but not ...

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”.

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

Japan's hawkish Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for an "Asian version of NATO" to counter the rising threats of military cooperation from China, Russia, and North Korea. Recent years have ...

"ASEAN will not buy into Ishiba's idea about an Asian NATO. As a group, ASEAN needs Japan as a reliable trading and economic partner, not a military ally that would only exacerbate tensions in the ...

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 ...

The Japanese prime minister’s call for an Asian NATO is farfetched – and risks alienating key Indo-Pacific stakeholders, ...

Today, the Japanese government uses the divisions in Taiwan over the island’s relationship with China to stoke fears about China and promote a new military alliance in the Asia Pacific. Critics of ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is vowing to boost Japan’s relationship with NATO amid greater security concerns about some of its neighbors, namely China, North Korea and Russia. Kishida met with ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's foreign and defence ministers said on Wednesday they are not working on a proposal by Japan's new prime minister to establish an "Asian NATO", as the U.S. and India had ...