Japan and ASEAN aim to join hands at a time when the United States and China are boosting their presence in the artificial ...

Tensions are growing in east Asia. The threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan persists and, in recent weeks, North Korea has been testing its long-range missile capabilities. Russia’s reorientation of ...

FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022. Kishida said Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 he has ...

On November 1, Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced that it has signed a contract worth 56 billion yen ($368 million) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to develop the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI), a ...

Japan was ASEAN’s largest provider of financial and technical resources until the 2000s. Japan’s overseas development aid (ODA) through loans and grants to ASEAN member states goes back to 1969, two ...

The first Japan-Central Asia summit reflects Tokyo’s new foreign policy activism and the latest move in Central Asia’s hedging strategy, which seeks to leverage a growing interest of major powers in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors, signaling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years ...