Tag: U.S.-Japan relations

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Japan-U.S. alliance was "critical to deterring Chinese military aggression", as his Japanese counterpart confirmed plans to accelerate a defense spending target. The comments came in the wake of the first face-to-face meeting Tuesday between ...

The United States and Japan signed an agreement on Tuesday for "securing" supplies of critical minerals and rare earths, the White House said, as President Donald Trump visited Tokyo. The deal comes as the United States tries to boost access to ...

By Kyoko Hasegawa with Mathias Cena in Nara Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's fifth premier in ...