Amid US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, one ...

In Washington on Thursday, President Trump is expected to press Sanae Takaichi for military help in the Strait of Hormuz. But she faces constraints on what she can offer.

The three-day visit to Washington was originally expected to focus on trade and strengthening the U.S.-Japanese alliance as China's influence grows in Asia. It is now expected to be overshadowed by ...

A White House meeting between Japan’s Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi and US President Donald Trump was meant to be a routine show of unity – not a stress test, as it’s now become.