NATO has deepened its links with Japan and three other Indo-Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, though not as part of the military alliance. View on euronews

Japan on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to dozens of organizations in Russia and several other countries that have

Japan's Cabinet has approved new sanctions against Russia, targeting individuals, organizations, and exports. This move aligns with G7 efforts to penalize Russia for its continued aggression in Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken applauded Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for his efforts to enhance ties with South Korea and stressed the importance of trilateral cooperation between the three countries during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday,

and the latest step comes after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reaffirmed the country’s policy at an online G7 summit in mid-December following Russia’s increased cooperation with North Korea ...

China is also no longer hesitant to send its aircraft carrier group through narrow straits in the southernmost Nansei Islands to conduct drills.

North Korea fired a shot across the stern of the outgoing Biden administration by launching a missile during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to South Korea. Blinken was in Seoul to affirm U.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun a tour of Malaysia and Indonesia as part of his effort to further strengthen defense and economic ties with Southeast Asia as threats from China rise in the region.

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.

Subsequently, relations deteriorated again in light of the growing tensions in China-U.S. relations and Russia’s invasion ... Japanese government of Ishiba Shigeru has adopted in full Kishida ...

In his opening remarks, Ishiba congratulated the atomic bomb survivors ... while maintaining that Japan must defend itself against threats from China, Russia and North Korea.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday strengthening ... and territorial waters and joint military drills with Russia around Japan, and North Korea’s repeated test-firings ...