The alliance still offers a great deal of value to both countries—now and into the future—but Japan should consider a slightly larger global leadership role in concert with others, even as the allies work to enhance their continued cooperation on shared interests....
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the United States have reached an agreement on trade in critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries, part of an effort to ensure secure supplies of strategically important resources.
"The United States and its allies should stop provocative military exercises," Zhang told Reuters. "The other thing, which is also very much urgent, is the resumption of dialogue." Monday's drills in international waters between Korea and Japan bring together South Kor...
pressuring Asian allies to weaponize their trade and security ties with the United States to contain China. The visits of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Japan and the Philippines have laid bare
U.S. markets, particularly the riskiest areas of investment, are likely to benefit at least near term from the latest entrant to the central bank money-printing arena: Japan.
“We will watch our allies’ back and it is important that communities, including the Indian-American community that has benefited most from this great nation, play a pivotal role in the revival process. I had a choice but I chose to stand up and participate in the political process and ...
the Asia-Pacific region — with more carrier strike group patrols and more Virginia-classandLos Angeles-classsubs operating near China — and reinforcing those of its allies with the deployment of missile systems, such as the Typhon Missile System in thePhilippines, Aegis Ashore in Japan and ...
These countries not only include the opponents of the US (e.g., Russia, North Korea), but also contain long-term allies which lately have posed threats to US (e.g., Lebanon, Ukraine, Israel), delivering a variety of different threats against the maritime interest/security of US. These ...
Japan defense cooperation, which has seen strains in recent years on two fronts: Localities have put pressure on the Japanese government to move US military activity away from population centers; and US President DonaldTrump has pushed allieslike Japan to take some financial load off US taxpayers...
Measures taken by the US and some of its NATO allies such as the United Kingdom and Canada in their so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy" are creating instability in the region, including leading Japan and South Korea on a path of militarism, with more frequent joint drills, the analysts said....