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The US Congress has proposed US$1 billion to help poor countries cope with climate change, a figure that falls significantly short of President Joe Biden’s promise that the United States will spend US$11.4 billion annually by 2024 to ensure…

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday praised Japan's new security strategy as "momentous," stressing that the key Asian ally's moves to build up its defense had "unified" bipartisan and bicameral support within the United…

Japan and the United States are considering a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to Nagasaki in May 2023 when he travels to Japan for a Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, sources familiar with the plan said Tuesday. If realized, Biden…

The House committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters voted unanimously to ask the Justice Department to prosecute the former president for alleged crimes – including inciting an insurrection. The…

Japan and the United States have launched a new organization to analyze information collected by their defense equipment, including U.S. unmanned aircraft recently deployed near the East China Sea where China is intensifying its military…

The US House Jan 6 committee will vote on Monday on recommendations that former president Donald Trump be prosecuted for obstructing an official government proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to two people…

A 16-year-old plan to transfer a significant number of U.S. Marines from the Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa to the U.S. territory of Guam continues to make sense strategically and politically, a U.S. military commander said. Joint…

The U.S. government on Friday hailed Japan's new security strategy as a "bold and historic" step to help maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific, with the key Asian ally forging ahead with its biggest defense buildup plans since World War II…

Fourteen nations, including Australia, Japan and the United States, expressed support for Canada's bid to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework as they concluded on Thursday the first round of in-person negotiations under the U.S.-led…

The United States plans a sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian troops it instructs at a base in Germany, with a new focus on advanced battlefield tactics, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. The expanded training would emphasize…