Japan and the United States are planning to hold in mid-July the first meeting of their foreign and defense chiefs since U.S. President Donald Trump took office to discuss how to strengthen their response to North Korea's missile development, officials of the two governments ...
Japan and Russia resumed on Monday a ministerial security dialogue for the first time in over three years. But the talks are seen as a symbolic development rather than substantial, and may have only served Moscow's interest in showing its improved ties with a ...
Japan's new security framework with Britain is expected to generate few immediate changes to the defense profiles of either country but is widely regarded as a boon to contractors in the industry. Japan and Britain are already involved in research into joint development of new ...
The Japanese and British governments are arranging their first "two-plus-two" meeting involving their foreign and defense ministers for late January in London to bolster security cooperation, a source close to the bilateral relationship said Tuesday. The talks between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister ...
Japan and the United States plan to wait until early October to finish drawing up an interim report on the planned revision to bilateral defense cooperation guidelines, as they need to spend more time on its wording, a government source said in Tokyo. The Japanese ...
Japan and France agreed Thursday to share information about exports of equipment with military potential, after Japan raised concern about a French defense company's export to China of devices enabling helicopters to land on ships. At "two-plus-two" security talks in Paris between the countries' defense ...
Obese diabetic mice given an experimental drug designed to mimic a hormone with anti-diabetic effects improved the health of the animals and extended their life span, a study finds.
Thursday's agreement between the United States and Japan to revise defense cooperation guidelines touched on a number of core issues, such as transferring U.S. Marines to Guam, building a contentious replacement in Okinawa for the Futenma base, and cooperating on ballistic missile defense and ...
Tokyo and Washington are set to unveil Thursday a string of measures aimed at mitigating the impact of U.S. forces on Okinawa, including promoting the transfer of Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey training flights outside of Okinawa or abroad, sources close to bilateral ties said ...
Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense chiefs are expected to agree to review defense cooperation guidelines amid the changing security environment in the Asia-Pacific region when they meet in Tokyo on Oct. 3, a Japanese government source said Wednesday. The so-called two-plus-two meeting will be ...
