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.

He also warned that NATO faces a “very bad future” if US allies fail to assist in securing the crucial waterway.

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.

Exports to China, Japan's largest trading partner, fell 10.9%, while shipments to the U.S dropped 8%.

Eight decades after the Oryoku Maru was sunk by American bombs, specialist divers are returning to retrieve the 250 men still trapped inside.

American officials have said for years that they would prioritize the Indo-Pacific. Now they’re moving warships, missiles and ...

The growing partnership between Japan and the Philippines is not an actual alliance – but it could affect the balance of power in the South China Sea.

Japan has recorded a trade surplus of 57.3 billion yen, or $360 million, in February, according to government data, reversing ...

BEIJING, March 17 (Reuters) - China's coast guard on Monday warned and drove away a Japanese fishing boat that "intruded" into waters near the Diaoyu Islands, it said on Tuesday. China has said it ...

From energy disruptions to alliance tensions, a geographically distant conflict is having immediate consequences across the ...