TOKYO – When President Joe Biden welcomes Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, to Washington this week for a visit highlighted by the pomp of a state dinner, there will be an inescapable subtext to ...

Japan’s prime minister in a tough spot going into her meeting with President Donald Trump, Desmond Lachman writes in a guest ...

Japan is discreetly considering its response should the United States request assistance from the Self-Defense Forces to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz amid the escalating conflict in the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi caught a break when US President Donald Trump backed away from a demand for Japan to send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But the incident ...