A security grouping in Southeast Asia similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is not possible at present ...

Shigeru Ishiba is no longer pursuing one of his fondest dreams, an ‘Asian NATO,’ or talking about revising Article Nine of ...

"Other ASEAN countries have built alliances with China." The remarks come after Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ...

The Philippines' Defense Secretary, Gilberto Teodoro, highlighted the complexities of establishing a NATO-like alliance in Southeast Asia due to differing interests among ASEAN nations. While Japan ...

The idea of a NATO-style military bloc in Southeast Asia has surfaced in recent discussions, with Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba having suggested an “Asian NATO” to promote regional ...

Whatever the form it takes, the next government will be one of instability and crisis as it seeks to impose new burdens on ...

Worldview: Dissatisfaction with democracy and a return to recession has left Japan’s mighty Liberal Democratic Party ...

Ishiba has also previously suggested the creation of an “Asian NATO”, which would involve more formal military and strategic ...

Voters dealt a heavier-than-expected blow to Japan's government on Sunday, depriving the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-led coalition of its majority in the parliament's lower house for the first time ...

Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s ...

Mr. Ishiba has also called for the creation of a NATO-like regional alliance with its tenet of collective security, although ...