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NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION 2

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2017
U.S. might blacklist Kim Jong Un in new U.N. sanctions resolution
The United States is considering blacklisting North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un under a new U.N. sanctions resolution after the country test-fired a second intercontinental ballistic missile, diplomatic sources said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 12, 2017
Treaty to ban nuclear weapons is adopted
Humankind has taken an immensely important step forward.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2016
U.N. nuclear disarmament talks
Japan's position of calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons while relying on America's nuclear umbrella is contradictory and undermines its persuasive power.
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2016
Enhancing nuclear security
The Nuclear Security Summit plays an important role in securing the world's stockpile of vulnerable nuclear materials.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2016
The eight deadly nuclear sins
Nearly 46 years after the Non-Proliferation Treaty went into effect, the international community is no closer to the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2016
Sanctions alone didn't curb Iran's nuclear ambitions
The case of Iran demonstrates that sanctions can be a useful policy tool, but only as part of a coherent strategy that includes diplomacy and the credible threat of force.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2016
Here we go again with North Korea
The international community should agree upon the consequences of the next North Korean provocation, so that the next action brings it together rather than provides yet another opportunity for Pyongyang to divide and conquer.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2016
2016's Nuclear Security Index
Members of the international community should make full use of the latest NTI Nuclear Security Index as a global benchmark against which to track and improve their own record.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 5, 2015
Time for UNSC members to ban their own WMD
Rather than nuclear disarmament, the world is witnessing an upgrading — and, in some cases, expansion — of nuclear arsenals.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2015
A nuclear deal, and much more
If the nuclear deal with Tehran succeeds, it will remove a source of great instability in the Middle East and could facilitate Iran's building of a new relationship with the rest of the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015
Iran deal improves prospects for regional peace
Rather than demonizing Iran's leaders, the Western powers should take advantage of the country's status to improve peace prospects in the region.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015
Iran: Obama's triumph over neoconservative warmongers
By ending Iran's isolation and bringing it back into the international fold, the West can help to rebuild its once powerful secular middle class, dilute the influence of the radical clergy, turn Tehran into an ally to defeat the Islamist jihadists and accelerate negotiations on regional issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2014
Missing out on an Iran deal
Negotiators may have let slip the most opportune moment for ending the standoff on Iran's nuclear program.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on