Japan and other U.S. allies have been engaged in difficult trade talks with the U.S. because of Trump's tariffs.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that it was important to build up the necessary defence budget for ...

For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized the importance of building an adequate defense budget for Japan, while not ...

Japan has called off a key meeting with the United States. This decision followed a demand from Washington for Tokyo to ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...

Japan just shut down a high-level meeting with the United States after the Trump administration increased its demand for ...

The talks’ cancellation reportedly came after the U.S. asked Japan to hike its defense budget to 3.5% of gross domestic ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has asked Japan to raise its defense spending to 3.5 percent of gross domestic ...

Those calling for Australia to not go all the way with Trump’s unpredictable America never tell us it would mean tripling the ...

ITOMAN, Japan — "Money should be spent on rice, not missiles," Kunio Aragaki, a resident in Okinawa, told Xinhua News Agency ...

The Cabinet has approved a draft initial budget for fiscal 2025, the third year of the government’s five-year plan to spend a total of 43 trillion yen ($272 billion) on national defense. The ...