Japan launched its NATO mission in Brussels, according to a statement Thursday by the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

All of which set up a wild final few minutes. Belgium entered the fourth quarter with a 61-39 lead, five points away from the magic number. Consecutive 3s from Elias Ramette stretched the lead to 30, ...

Belgium dominated the contest from start to ... to its second-largest margin of victory ever in Olympic competition. Japan ...

NATO has deepened its links with Japan and three other Indo-Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, though ...

The new mission is led by Osamu Izawa, who takes over the role currently filled by the ambassador to Belgium, Masahiro Mikami. In Tokyo on Thursday, Japan and NATO held high-level consultations to ...