His father, Nobuo Kishi, 63, a former defense minister, resigned from the seat, as well as his job as a close aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Feb. 3, citing illness. Four days later ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and their Philippine counterparts, Teodoro Locsin and Delfin Lorenzana, in their first so-called “2+2” security ...

During the wide-ranging talks, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin also condemned Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, calling it totally unacceptable as it ...

Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters that the cyberspace agreement aimed to address a “strong sense of urgency” over activities in the Indo-Pacific region that challenge the ...

Nobuo Kishi, Lloyd Austin and Lee Jong-sup met June 11 on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, a major annual security forum held here, to discuss the provocation from North Korea and other ...

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at the beginning of his meeting with NATO Military Committee chief Rob Bauer that Japan hopes to strengthen its ties with European countries and welcomes ...

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told a news conference that the government will stop using the popular term “omoiyari yosan” (sympathy budget) in referring to the host-nation support program ...

Five of the missiles fired by China landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone off Hateruma, an island far south of Japan's main islands, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said. He said Japan ...

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a Jan. 28 news conference that the ministry has yet to decide if it will accept personnel from Myanmar in the new fiscal year, which starts in April.

In one high profile case from August, someone created a Twitter account pretending to be former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, now special adviser to the prime minister, and posted a tweet ...

As mistrust is fueling further mistrust, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at a news conference that he believes it is “important to gain the understanding and cooperation of the local community.” ...