Japan has formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tensions from Russia, China and North Korea.

He succeeds Masahiro Mikami, Japan's ambassador to Belgium, in representing Tokyo’s interests with the military alliance. On January 16, Japan and NATO held high-level discussions in Tokyo ...

Tokyo has been scrambling for ways to placate the U.S. leader, and head off any dust-up between the allies during Friday’s ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

TOKYO — Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and ...

Tokyo has, however, in the recent past said it does not want to build an “Asian NATO." Notably, reports emerged last year that NATO was mulling opening its first office in Asia which could be ...

Japan has formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tensions from Russia, China and North Korea.