TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said he and his Italian counterpart agreed Tuesday to step up military cooperation as Japan expands security ties with Europe amid concern ...

Nobuo Kishi told the Guardian China's military has become more powerful and is “attempting to use its power to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas”.

However, Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi claims there “is no territorial dispute”. He told CNN: "Against Chinese action on the Senkaku Islands and other parts of the East China Sea ...

Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi warned against such actions, calling them ‘sabre-rattling tactics’ against his nation, and expressed concerns about Chinese warplanes in Taiwan’s air zone.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, are unquestionably Japanese territory and would be ...

The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan’s Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the ...

Nobuo Kishi, 63, became Japan's defense minister in September 2020, on the day his older brother, Shinzo Abe, stepped down as prime minister.

Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers take part in an exercise with French and US forces. Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi warned the gap between Japan and China's military was 'growing by the year' ...

Nobuo Kishi has reiterated the importance of Tokyo’s security alliance with Washington amid an ‘increasingly harsh national security environment’, but analysts say his initial exchanges with ...

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, second right, and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi right, attend a video conference with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on screen, second left, and ...

Only two ministers are keeping their previous posts: Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi ...

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, are unquestionably Japanese territory and would be ...