The visit by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first major indication of how the Trump administration will handle relations with allies such as Japan and South Korea.

Japan's current account surplus jumped to a record last year, data from the finance ministry showed on Monday, as a weaker ...

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while paying too little for the cost of American military protection.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first Asian leader to visit the second Trump administration. He faces challenges in overcoming President Trump's skepticism toward alliances.

Shigeru Ishiba, a former minister of defense and a "gunji otaku", or military geek, has long advocated for an enhanced ...

It is time to bring together a redoubtable defensive alliance that can deter Chinese hegemonic designs across the region—an ...

GEOFFREY GERTZ is a Senior Fellow with the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.

The big picture is that the new administration is undermining a world order that kept Asia and the world secure and provided ...

President Xi Jinping may also see a bigger opportunity here. Trump is sowing division in his own backyard, threatening to hit ...

A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a ...

ELIZABETH ECONOMY is Co-Director of the U.S., China, and the World Project and Hargrove Senior Fellow at Stanford ...

Japan’s top law firms are planting their flags on EU and UK turf to aid a boom in deals and investment by clients in the ...