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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (left) and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (right) at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2025
Japan, U.S. and South Korea reaffirm commitment to ridding North Korea of nukes
The countries’ top diplomats poured cold water on the chances of the U.S. ditching its denuclearization policy, after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted he is open to talks.
Demonstrators protest at the port of Mutsu-Ogawara in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, in March 1997, as a British freighter arrives with processed nuclear waste, whose fissile elements can be fabricated into new nuclear mixed-oxide fuel.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 23, 2025
Could pacifist Japan ever arm itself with nuclear weapons?
It has always been a question of having the will to act and the belief that the U.S. nuclear deterrence commitment to Japan was beyond question.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the country's Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2025
Putin offers Trump one-year extension of nuclear weapons treaty
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the treaty limits if U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to do the same.
Hidetada Yoshida, 95, speaks of his experience mining for uranium ores in Fukushima Prefecture during World War II.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 22, 2025
Memories of man's WWII mining experience are hazy, but pain persists
As a student mobilized to mine ores, Hidetada Yoshida, now 95, suffered an injury so severe it still wakes him at night.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang in this photo released Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2025
North Korea’s Kim open to talks with Trump, as South’s Lee backs nuke freeze
Kim said talks could reopen if the U.S. drops its denuclearization demand, remarks that came as South Korea's leader said he'd back a deal to freeze Pyongyang's nuke program.
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh on Sept. 17. The two leaders signed a surprise mutual defense treaty.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Pakistan extends 'nuclear umbrella' to Saudi Arabia
The two countries recently signed a surprise mutual defense treaty.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2025
Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture
The pact signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia effectively marries Riyadh's money with Pakistan's giant nuclear-armed military, analysts said.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (front right) and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (front left) meet in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact amid regional tensions
The enhanced defense ties come amid growing uncertainty about the reliability of the United States as a long-standing security guarantor, and after an attack on Qatar by Israel.
Kunio Yanagida, author of a nonfiction book about Typhoon Ida and the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at a symposium in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2025
80 years after bombing and typhoon, Hiroshima guide warns of double tragedy risk
Typhoon Ida killed 3,756 people in Japan, including atomic bomb survivors and specialist medics, just a month after the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition of military equipment while inspecting the joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground in Russia's Nizhny Novogorod region on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2025
Moscow and Minsk rehearse launch of nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus
Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington on Sunday. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Britain on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
U.S.-U.K. nuclear pact to precede tech and whisky deals on Trump visit
Both countries will use each other’s safety assessments of reactor designs to fast-track their own checks under the new agreement.
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Сosmodrome before a meeting between her brother and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia's far eastern Amur region in September 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2025
North Korea condemns 'reckless' U.S.-Japan-South Korea drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister condemned the upcoming joint military drills as a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results."
A combination image released on Saturday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observing a shooting competition between sniper unit in Pyongyang.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2025
North Korea's Kim says country to boost nuclear arsenal and conventional military
Experts said the remarks reflect Kim's view that nuclear forces alone have limits as a deterrent, and that his conventional arsenal must also be modernized.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a monument marking the hypocenter of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Nagasaki Peace Park on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2025
Emperor Naruhito and family pay their respects in Nagasaki
The family is slated to meet with people living in a special elderly nursing home for atomic bomb survivors on Saturday.
Chinese DF-61 intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles are displayed during a military parade in Beijing, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept. 3. 
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2025
The global nuclear picture grows darker and darker
It’s hard, if not impossible, to escape the conclusion that the world is in a grim place when measured by nuclear metrics.
Masao Tomonaga, who has been selected as co-deputy chair of a U.N. panel on nuclear war, speaks to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
U.N. nuclear war panel launched with hibakusha as deputy chair
The panel consists of 21 experts in various fields, such as nuclear and radiation science, medicine and agriculture.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 5, 2025
Kim and Xi offer mutual support ‘no matter how international situation changes’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first in-person talks in six years on Thursday, with the two vowing to build up ties.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during an interview in Vienna on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2025
U.N. nuclear chief presses Iran to strike deal on inspections soon
"It would be really good if we could have this agreed before next week," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said in an interview.
Japanese high school students submitted about 110,000 signatures for world peace to United Nations officials at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025
Japanese students present 110,000 signatures for peace to U.N.
The students, who advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, presented the signatures during a visit to the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smokes a cigarette before departing Pyongyang by special train to China in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2025
North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing for debut on multilateral stage
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to join Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a military parade on Wednesday.
Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi reacts to applauding lawmakers after being elected prime minister at the Lower House on Tuesday.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
Japanese EV production is focusing on batteries as automakers compete for the lightest, most durable models and the longest driving range.
Takaichi government will likely spend less than expected
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Monday
Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.
How Japan’s greatest psychological horror game came home
Series composer Akira Yamaoka and writer Ryukishi07 were integral figures in helping one of Japan's greatest horror gaming franchises land a Japanese setting.
Japan leads in in-depth AI awareness, new global study finds
In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
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