Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba intends to consider visiting the United States to meet the president-elect before the inauguration in January next year, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday.

The Philippines and Japan have laid out plans in enforcing the historic Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that the two countries signed last July after years of discussions. The RAA is a visiting forces of agreement that allows greater military cooperation amid increasing security tensions in the Southeast Asian region.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to meet with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the margins of a summit in Laos on Thursday as the two sides look to deepen ties, Yoon’s office said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba were scheduled to hold their first summit on Thursday in Laos, Yoon's office said, as the neighbours seek to deepen security and economic ties.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Japan's new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Thursday during the ASEAN summit in Laos.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a "very productive" meeting with Japan's newly-appointed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday, where they explored ways to enhance cooperation in areas such as infrastructure,

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held their first summit Thursday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings in Laos. The meeting comes just nine days after Ishiba took over as Japan's leader at a time when relations between Seoul and