Only a formal regional military alliance can prevent war in the region, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said recently.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a proponent of a collective defence system in Asia to counter China. Its appeal is ...

Japan's foreign and defence ministers said on Wednesday they are not working on a proposal by Japan's new prime minister to ...

Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the U.S. with proposals to ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday described new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's proposal for a NATO-like ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya hinted that such a grouping would be open to all countries and partners in the region — ...

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's new prime minister, seems to have taken that lesson to ...

WASHINGTON: India does not share the vision for an “Asian Nato” called for by Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ...

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 ...