Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense and agriculture minister, is set to become Japan's next prime minister ... is likely to transform Japan's military alliance with the US, as well as have wider ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte vowed Wednesday to further deepen military ties while stressing the need to tackle together growing threats from China ...

Mr. Ishiba, the Japanese prime minister, has long called for the country to become a more fully-fledged military partner of the United States. “Trump wants Japan to do more, and Ishiba wants ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed on Wednesday to deepen his country's cooperation with NATO in the defence ...

and U.S. warships and aircraft routinely carry out "freedom of navigation" exercises in the area — often drawing sharp rebukes from Beijing. Advisers to the Japanese prime minister spent the ...

He joined several American veterans who survived the battle and bereaved Japanese families. He was joined by his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and other ...