Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first Asian leader to visit the second Trump administration. He faces ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is meeting Trump with two simple priorities: reaffirming the two countries' existing alliance and establishing a "personal relationship of trust." ...

With Japan’s national interests at stake, Prime Minister ... that Tokyo increase defense spending, pay for U.S. protection, and buy more U.S.-made weapons. Citing a U.S. government official ...

The Ishiba-Trump summit symbolized the stability of the Japan-U.S. relationship under a disruptive U.S. president.

Prime Minister ... made weapons. Japan plans to expand the size of its defense budget by 65 percent in the five years ending in 2027. Still, Mr. Ishiba’s efforts to follow Mr. Abe’s playbook ...

The White House declined to get ahead of discussions between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba about Japan's defense spending as the two leaders prepare to meet for ...

Japan hopes that a candid exchange of views between the two leaders will help take the bilateral relationship to "new heights," chief cabinet secretary and government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi ...

Ishiba even called on the widow of Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister with ... U.S. manufacturing." Defense spending is also expected to be on the leaders' agenda. Japan has pledged to ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump hosted Japan’s prime minister at the White House Friday. The two leaders say ...