US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart agreed during their first phone call to expand their nations’ ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed optimism on Sunday that his country could avoid higher U.S. tariffs, saying ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is hoping for reassurances Friday that the alliance is still strong. But in this White House, ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry. When asked whether the reported meeting between the defense chiefs of Japan and the US in Japan ...

The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) will send one of its Mogami-class frigates to Australia for joint military exercises ...

The White House declined to get ahead of discussions between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Japan and the United States are arranging a late March meeting in Japan between Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to strengthen cooperation and discuss strategies ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made introductory phone calls on Friday to Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and ...

Donald Trump is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a high-stakes visit for a key ally that depends on the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit him next week at the White ...

Hegseth also confirmed to Defense Minister Gen Nakatani that the US-Japan defense treaty covers a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but claimed by ...