President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed the ‘iron clad’ U.S.-Japan relationship and broke a taboo by voicing joint support for Taiwan.
The two leaders, wearing matching blue business suits, found rapport as they tackled concerns about North Korea’s abductions, Chinese aggression, and other global issues.
Prime Minister Suga and President Biden agreed that new forms of cooperation are needed as China continues to pose serious threats to maritime freedom, human rights,...
Japan’s plan calls for bringing the concentration of tritium to less than 1/40th the national standard. Yet, China and South Korea, which both release high quantities,...
If Japan does not develop its own defenses into a serious force able to operate with the Americans (and the QUAD), U.S. promises – and even...
The Suga Cabinet decision gives the nuclear plant’s operators 2 years to address fishery concerns and develop a comprehensive monitoring system for ocean discharge of the...
Baseless rumors holding up release of the safe, treated water are only obstructing the far more important job of decommissioning the damaged nuclear reactor itself.
North Korea, which boycotted the 1988 Seoul Games, became the first nation to announce it will skip the upcoming Olympics amidst the global pandemic.
China is a threat to Japan’s very existence, and Japan cannot get through the looming security crises by clinging to the passive diplomatic stance it has...
Japan should cooperate with the United States to establish a favorable military balance vis-à-vis China, and mere talk on Tokyo’s part won’t deter the communist nation’s...
While the number of cases has dropped significantly, Prime Minister Suga emphasized it doesn’t mean the end of COVID-19, or the restrictions needed to contain it.
U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense have chosen Tokyo as the first destination on their trip to Asia, giving Japan’s ministers a valuable chance to confer...
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