April 8 (UPI) --NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned of China's military expansion while aiming to improve economic ties with Japan during a two-day visit on Tuesday and Wednesday. China's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -NATO is planning to open a liaison office in Japan, its first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region, the Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese and NATO ...

TOKYO — In an unprecedented move, Japan has taken steps to open a NATO liaison office in Tokyo, solidifying its position with the West and against China. Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. recently ...

Earlier this year, following a visit to Japan by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nikkei Asia revealed that the organization was considering the opening of a liaison office in Japan by 2024.

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, North ...

Japan is in discussions to open a NATO office in Tokyo, the first of its kind in Asia, due to both the war in Ukraine and an increasingly aggressive China. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg ...

April 9 (UPI) --Japan and NATO decided Wednesday to jointly increase defense cooperation to counter threats from Russia and China. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio meets with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12, 2023. Sweden is poised to join NATO as the ...

In a remarkable example of how times have changed, Japan is expanding its military with NATO. There was a time when the notion of a militarily assertive Japan would’ve sent shivers through the spines ...

Though Europe has a long military history in Asia, it is quite rare for an Asian nation to send ships or aircraft to Europe, ...

TOKYO — Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North ...

Korea was a part of the Empire of Japan from 1910 to 1945. Just as Hitler wanted to dominate Europe, Japan wanted to dominate Asia and the Pacific. That’s why it had invaded China in 1937 and captured ...