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

A Japanese government official's remark to reporters that Japan should possess nuclear weapons has caused a major backlash.

The reported claims that "Japan should possess nuclear weapons" by a senior government official, who advises Japanese Prime ...

Diplomatic documents from the early 1990s released Wednesday show US officials were frustrated with Japan's lack of security ...

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“I do think that if Japan wants to show the world that it too should be reckoned with, then maybe it really should have nuclear weapons.” :: Tokyo, Japan Tatsuaki Takahashi grew up in Hiroshima. On ...

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 ...

Japan's 'position is to carry on realistic, practical measures to achieve world without nuclear weapons,' says government ...

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

The Hiroshima prefectural assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a statement urging the Japanese government to adhere to the ...

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 ...