WASHINGTON--Former Prime Minister Taro Aso said a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait would lead Japan to exercise its right of collective self-defense including taking steps to protect the ...

His Excellency Taro Aso, who currently serves as Japan’s minister for foreign affairs and previously served as minister for internal affairs, reviewed the current situation in East Asia, examined the ...

Hideo Watanabe, a former telecommunications minister who also serves as chairman of the Japan Myanmar Association, received the award along with Taro Aso ... leader Aung San Suu Kyi.