Outgoing US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has said that he believes the US-Japan alliance was improved during his time in office. Emanuel made the remarks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.

Japan's role in its alliance with the U.S. is often framed in terms of military security, but its economic contributions have been just as, if not more, significant in sustaining American hegemony.

At the start of their talks, Iwaya expressed hope for thorough discussions on regional affairs and the state of bilateral relations to elevate the Japan-US alliance to new heights. Blinken said he ...

TOKYO – Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in damage control mode on Jan 7 as he reaffirmed the importance of economic ties with Japan during ... as “an alliance, a partnership ...

"To sum up the US-Japan-South Korea alliance in a phrase, I would say they're 'strange bedfellows.' They seem to be sleeping in the same bed, but each has a different agenda," Li Haidong ...

White House chief of staff and Chicago mayor oversaw arguably the most consequential shift in the bilateral alliance in decades. From Japan’s plan to double defense spending — a move long ...

Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that his country aims to take its alliance with the United ... who served as U.S. ambassador to Japan during the first Trump administration.

Blinken told reporters he believes that during the past four years the alliance with Japan has “grown stronger than it’s ever been before.” Japan and the U.S. are mutually the largest ...

CSIS held the public release of the new report, "The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Getting Asia Right through 2020," with Richard L. Armitage and report contributors. The report outlines the findings of a ...

None will matter more than Japan. Washington and Tokyo cannot afford to sit back and allow fiscal constraints to dictate their alliance planning. Yet U.S. strategic dialogue with Japan remains ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday strengthening his country’s alliance with the United States is key to regional security and expressed his desire to meet with U.S ...