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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2020
Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to preserve A-bombed relics 75 years later
The cities face a continuous dilemma over how to maintain ruins and how to find the money with which to do it.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 8, 2020
Roger Dahl on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 7, 2020
Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials
Specimens from victims were held by the U.S. for almost 30 years. Now returned and fading, the government has refused to fund their digitization.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
South Korean farmers bartering sugar for North Korean booze to bypass sanctions
A South Korean farmers' cooperative said on Thursday it has clinched a $150 million deal to barter sugar for North Korean liquor and food products, bypassing sanctions banning cash transfers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 6, 2020
The bombing of Hiroshima: 'I thought it was the end of the world'
Hibakusha Yachiyo Kato saw the full horrors of the A-bomb and has been telling her story since.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 5, 2020
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It's crucial to keep alive the idea that out of their ashes 75 years ago a better and more humane world can grow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2020
Sharing Hiroshima's legacy in the age of COVID-19
Amid the pandemic, the city has been looking for ways to help hibakusha tell their stories and let the past live on.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2020
North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, U.N. says
North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential U.N. report.
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2020
Is time running out to preserve Japan’s A-bomb legacy?
75 years on, Hiroshima and Nagasaki scramble to preserve the memories of those who survived the atomic bombings
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 1, 2020
Japan Times 1945: New-type bombs used in raid on Hiroshima
Readers get news of a new bomb being used by the Americans in the war.
JAPAN / History
Jul 31, 2020
Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have some effect on this year's ceremonies marking the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 30, 2020
A new nuclear model could upend how countries count bombs
Nuclear analysts from the U.S. and Russia settled on a new method to account for atomic weapons that may shrink estimates on the size of North Korea’s arsenal and could be used to aid future disarmament.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2020
More than 40 countries accuse North Korea of breaching U.N. sanctions
More than 40 countries accused North Korea on Friday of illicitly breaching a United Nations cap on refined petroleum imports and called for an immediate halt to deliveries until the end of the year, according to a complaint seen by Reuters.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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