Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

His speech lacked specifics on how to make Japan a place where people "think that tomorrow will be better than today". Read ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday underscored the importance of close ties with the United States for regional stability, as he seeks to arrange a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba has been seeking to meet US President Donald Trump after he won elections in November. Ishiba, who ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday he wants ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s repeated rebuffs by US president ... While Ishiba has stayed silent on why he was rebuffed, Tokyo officials announced that the prime minister has turned ...

Taking a "Japan First" mindset is vital for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to build meaningful ties with Donald ... who was involved in the first Trump presidential transition and is now based in Tokyo ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Taking a "Japan First" mindset is vital for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to build meaningful ties with Donald Trump, according to a former policy adviser to the U.S ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office after replacing ... an international-relations professor at the University of Tokyo, who said the current administration’s policy towards ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that he aims to build a relationship of trust with Donald Trump, who has been sworn in as the 47th president of the ...

TOKYO/JAKARTA – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, on a four-day visit to Malaysia and Indonesia ending Jan 12, sought to deepen military, economic and energy security ties as China’s ...