Japans defense minister wants Washington to unite its web of informal alliances in Asia into a formal military bloc A senior ...

In a recent development, a senior United States State Department official has expressed reservations regarding the proposal ...

WASHINGTON -- The NATO-style collective-security arrangement in Asia proposed by former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru ...

While Nato faces a fresh challenge in Europe and deeper cooperation with Japan, one of the PM hopefuls in Tokyo wants the ...

Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair cast doubt on the idea of an “Asian NATO,” saying that any US-led military alliance in ...

Japan's PM hopefuls agree on the need to strengthen defences and work with like-minded democracies. Read more at straitstimes ...

Defence Minister Bill Blair also called China’s military build-up an attempt to ‘reshape the international system to suit its ...

Even as Russia stages a series of military drills with its allies in Central Asia, Moscow's hold over a region it considers its own backyard appears to be growing increasingly tenuous.

Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair cast doubt on the idea of an “Asian NATO,” saying that any US-led military alliance in the region would look different due to the diverse strategic ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, expressed his desire to create an ...