Retired Japanese Lieutenant General Hirotaka Yamashita, speculated that ahead of a potential Chinese military invasion of Taiwan, terrorist activities including attempts to assassinate Taiwan's president could occur.
During a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and China's Premier Li Qiang following the meeting in Seoul, Japan's Prime Minister Fumion Kishida emphasised on the importance of North Korean denuclearization and said that the stability on the Korean Peninsula is
The initiative is being pursued as a way to reduce dependency on countries like China. According to local sources quoted in the Kyodo News report the leaders of Japan and the 27-nation bloc are working toward issuing a joint statement promoting the establishment of transparent, resilient, an
China is challenging Japan's recent evaluation of the threat posed to the Indo-Pacific region by Beijing, dismissing it as a hyped-up threat and a false accusation, Voice of America reported.
The United States' defence commitments to Japan and the Philippines are "ironclad," US President Joe Biden said on Thursday as he hosted the first-ever trilateral summit between the three countries, welcoming Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to the White House a day after the official
Japan and the United States will also work on further steps to enhance their response capabilities, Kyodo reported. Tokyo had in 2022 decided to acquire the capability to strike enemy bases even under Japan's war-renouncing Constitution.
The Diplomatic Bluebook for 2024 will also underscore that Tokyo "cannot afford to waste even a moment" to solve the long-standing issue of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals as the victims' families continue to age, according to the draft obtained by Kyodo News.
"Our own experience in the case of China...is between 1975 and 2020, which is really 45 years, there was no bloodshed on the border. In 2020, it changed," Jaishankar said.
Delivering the lecture on "How Can Thailand and India be Strategic Partners?" organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs, the visiting dignitary said that situation in Myanmar is the most important challenge. He said that the situation in Myanmar is complicated as it is the military ve
Classified Japanese diplomatic information was leaked following Chinese cyberattacks on the country's Foreign Ministry in 2020, a Japanese government source said on Monday, Kyodo News reported.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday said Japan will continue urging China to lift its import ban on Japanese seafood following the oceanic discharge of treated radioactive water from a nuclear power plant. Kishida called for a "cool-headed," science-based judgment on the issue, K