But negotiations have since stalled as North Korea continues to insist the abduction issue was resolved when it permitted five Japanese nationals to leave the country in 2002. Japan suspects that ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made introductory phone calls on Friday to Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Friday with his counterparts in South Korea and Japan, vowing to strengthen military ...

North Korea could carry out new missile tests in response to the South Korea-U.S.-Japan drills because it views such training as a security threat. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called recent ...

White House official says US will pursue 'complete denuclearisation' but analysts believe Trump will instead pursue ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday he is seeking to hold talks with new U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete ...

Trump has another opportunity to bring about denuclearization in North Korea, but a global approach is required.

Iwaya told Rubio and Waltz that Japan had no choice but to continue increasing defense capabilities given the situation in ...

Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada are also dealing a blow to some of the US’s closest allies in Asia.

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. North Korea's state-run Korean ...