Prime Minister Kishida praised the courage of Ukraine, just as Xi Jinping pledged "eternal friendship" with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
South Korea and Japan both highlighted the promotion of freedom, peace and prosperity, based on liberal democratic values, terms not heard often enough in Asia.
Xi Jinping tells China to "have the courage to fight" while his new foreign minister Qin Gang talks about facing the "jackals and wolves" of the...
Experts warn a further increase in China's military spending on the PLA will go towards nuclear weapons or aircraft carriers.
Critics are wrong to say Mr Kishida gives too much attention to Ukraine. Instead his powerful advocacy of the rules-based international order deserves applause.
Politicians and defense experts, including from Japan, gathered in Germany to discuss Ukraine as North Korea fired another missile into the sea near Hokkaido.
Beijing has tried to explain the spy balloon away, but the Pentagon says the Chinese military controls an aerial fleet that has no respect for national...
On visits to Seoul and Tokyo, Jens Stoltenbeg said "what happens in Europe matters to the Indo-Pacific - and what happens in Asia matters to NATO."
Fumio Kishida finished his tour of G7 countries with a colorful climax at the headquarters of the space mission, despite President Biden's domestic problems.
Japan's Prime Minister is consolidating relationships with Europe's leaders, including this defense pact with Britain, during a tour of G7 nations.
PM Fumio Kishida embarked on a world tour to meet with five heads of state in just eight days. What does he hope to achieve, and...
Terrible memories of the atomic bombing endure yet predictions are that Japan's national strategy of vigorous diplomacy will show the way to reconciliation.