Japan has designated 14 airports and 26 seaports for use by its military and coast guard during a contingency.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday talked up "high-level exchanges" in a call with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, hinting at a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's new premier,

Japan plays a key role in containing China under the U.S. island chain strategy, which conceives three north-south defensive lines projecting military power to deter potential Chinese aggression by leveraging U.S. and allied territories across the western Pacific.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, is an unabashedly conservative icon of Japanese politics. Her election is set to change East Asia.

Trump is in South Korea, the final stop of his Asia tour, where he says he expects to nail down a "good deal for both" China and the U.S. with Xi Jinping.

China has offered its condolences on the passing of Tomiichi Murayama, a former Japanese prime minister who gave a landmark statement expressing "deep remorse" at the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

After a charm offensive during Trump’s visit to Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, a trade deal between the U.S. and South Korea appears more elusive as Trump seeks $350 billion in investment in the United States.