Ishiba’s call for an “Asian NATO” represents the nexus between the Japan-U.S. alliance and internationalism – both hallmarks of Japanese foreign policy, especially in the post-Cold War era.

Ishiba said he will not bring up establishing an “Asian NATO” during his visit. He had repeatedly made this claim during the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election campaign.

US President Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw the country from NATO will remain threats – as noted by military and political analyst, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba jetted off to the U.S. Thursday to discuss a changed security and economic landscape ...

The recent calls from Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba to form Asian North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ...

TASS/. The idea of creating an "Asian NATO" and collective security architecture in the region, which new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba outlined during his campaign for the post of the head of the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s ruling party picked Shigeru Ishiba as its next leader, positioning an advocate of an “Asian NATO” to become prime minister in a surprise result that jolted the yen.

The Anglo-Saxons are risking a long confrontation by establishing blocs and deploying NATO’s military infrastructure ... "For I cannot imagine the great Asian civilizations snapping a salute ...

Cao Yanzhong, a researcher at China’s Institute of War Studies, asked U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last month whether the U.S. was trying to create an Asian version of NATO by ...

The alliance has stepped up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities around the Baltic Sea amid concerns of Russian gray zone warfare.

His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy ... sabotage incidents targeting vital undersea cables in the NATO-dominated Baltic Sea. It comes just weeks after the alliance ...