TOKYO — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel in his outgoing remarks Friday defended U.S. forces abroad as “the thin blue line” and hinted at his further involvement in public life when he returns to the United States.

US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has taken a jab at China mere weeks before he steps down. In remarks to reporters, he referred to China as an "autocracy."

The departing U.S. ambassador arguably oversaw the most consequential shift in the U.S.-Japan alliance in decades.

Outgoing US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has said that he believes the US-Japan alliance was improved during his time in office.

American defense companies are hurting the nation’s security interests by prioritizing share buybacks over delivering weapons to the US military and its allies, according to the outgoing US envoy to Japan.

Rahm Emanuel has been a sharp critic of China’s economic and geopolitical strategies during his three years in Japan.

China, North Korea and Iran are part of an "axis of autocrats," the outgoing US ambassador to Japan said on Friday in a parting shot at Beijing.

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to counter China's growing regional power.

Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Thursday gave the view that President Joe Biden's order blocking Nippon Steel Corp.'s acquisition of United States Steel Corp. will have minimal impact on overall Japan-U.S. relations.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second right, meets Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba next to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, third left, at Ishiba's office in Tokyo Tuesday,

China, North Korea and Iran are part of an "axis of autocrats" and the United States and its allies are the "thin blue line" protecting democracy, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Japan said on Friday in a parting shot at Beijing.

A contentious meeting in Manila for U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reverberated through the Biden Pentagon's plan for competing with China.