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 ...

Nobuo Kishi said the vessels had been spotted in the Japan Sea and south of the Sea of Okhotsk since Feb. 1 in what was presumed to be part of a drill by the entire Russian Navy. “The Russian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said the suspected ballistic missile had flown about 500 km (310 miles), Reuters reported. Why does North Korea keep launching missiles? According to one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nobuo Kishi said the Soryu was on a training exercise when the incident occurred. The submarine saw the vessel through its periscope but was unable to move in time. Newscom/Alamy Live The Soryu is ...

"We strongly condemn the act as it is a serious issue concerning Japan's security and the safety of Japanese people," Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said. China's missile launches are ...

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.

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced the decision at an April 19 news conference, where he said the two governments are still in talks over how many will be offered. Once the Japanese government ...

Japan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said the first missile flew about 300km (186 miles) with a maximum altitude of around 550km, while the second, reaching as high as 50km, travelled around 750km.