In nuclear terms, Japan is a classic “latent nuclear power,” meaning it is a country that doesn’t have nuclear weapons but ...

Rising threats are prompting some politicians in Japan, the only nation attacked with nuclear weapons, to reconsider its ...

Japan’s long-standing status as a non-nuclear power is under fresh scrutiny after a report argued that the country could ...

Conservatives are calling for a rethink of nuclear taboos, while critics warn of risks to the global non-proliferation regime ...

Japan reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after local media reported that a senior ...

A senior government official who advises Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security expressed a personal opinion that Japan should have nuclear weapons, according to local media reports.

An institute under North Korea's Foreign Ministry criticized remarks by an official in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's office sayin ...

Although Japanese officials' remarks about possessing nuclear weapons have faced severe criticism domestically and sparked ...

The reported claims that "Japan should possess nuclear weapons" by a senior government official, who advises Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security, continue to draw strong backlash from ...

SEOUL, Dec 21 - North Korea said Japan's ambition for possession of nuclear weapons should be \"thoroughly curbed,\" state media KCNA reported on Sunday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons ...

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders ...