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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Iranian army soldiers stand in front of a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a rally in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 30, 2026
Supreme leader vows Iran won’t give up nuclear technologies
The Islamic Republic will “guard” its “advanced technologies” like it does its own borders, Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement.
Sun Xiaobo, director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Arms Control Department, delivers a speech at a review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2026
Chinese claim Japan is seeking to host allies’ nuclear arms rebutted in New York
Japan’s representative said “introduction of nuclear weapons is not permitted” under its nonnuclear principles and that its nuclear energy is “exclusively for peaceful purposes.”
Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov (fourth from left) and Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin (fifth from left) clap as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the opening ceremony of a memorial museum honoring North Korean troops killed while fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in Pyongyang on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2026
North Korea’s Ukraine war lessons reshaping calculus on Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang’s battlefield experience, ability to project force overseas and increasingly rapid weapons development cycles are worrying trends, the head of U.S. Forces Korea says.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2026
U.S. and Iran clash at U.N. after Tehran gets nuclear nonproliferation role
The nuclear issue has been at the heart of the war between Iran and the U.S. and Israel, with U.S. President Donald Trump reiterating that Tehran can never have a nuclear weapon.
Hibakusha and others march in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2026
In New York, hibakusha call for nuclear weapons abolition
More than 200 hibakusha and other people marched for a kilometer to the U.N. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the country's nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute, at an undisclosed location in a photo released in January last year.
WORLD
Apr 25, 2026
Nuclear nonproliferation meeting at U.N. comes amid raging global wars
The ongoing war in Ukraine, Iran’s nuclear program and the war there, non-nuclear states’ fears over proliferation and North Korea’s developing arsenal could all be deal-breakers.
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during an interview on Monday in New York.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2026
U.N. official calls for concessions at NPT review meeting
There is growing sentiment in Europe and elsewhere that possessing nuclear weapons is necessary for national security, Izumi Nakamitsu said.
The reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2026
Trump’s rush to end Iran war risks delivering weak nuclear deal
With talks on hold amid a tentative ceasefire, the Trump administration is eager to find an alternative to restarting an unpopular war that has roiled markets and drawn criticism.
A residential building damaged during a March 4 strike in Tehran on April 14
WORLD / Politics
Apr 20, 2026
Allies fear a rushed U.S.-Iran framework deal could backfire, leaving technical deadlock
Mistrust and different negotiating styles raise the risk of a fragile framework neither side can sustain politically, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, oversees test launches of upgraded short-range ballistic missiles in North Korea, in this picture released on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2026
North Korea conducts ‘high-precision’ ballistic missile tests
Supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the Sunday launches follow other recent weapon tests including ballistic missiles, anti-warship cruise missiles and cluster munitions.
A television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korean missile launches, at a rail station in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2026
North Korea test-fires flurry of missiles, including possible sub-launched weapon
The weapons were believed to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the country's nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released in January 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 18, 2026
Seoul says it is unaware of U.S. protest over minister’s remarks on North Korea nuclear site
South Korea said Chung Dong-young’s public remarks about a North Korean nuclear facility at Kusong were based on publicly available ⁠information.
A missile is fired during a test-fire of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles from the destroyer Choe Hyon on Sunday in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2026
North Korea tests cruise and anti-ship missiles from naval destroyer
Leader Kim Jong Un observed the ​test alongside senior defense officials and naval commanders, the report said.
U.S. threats toward Iran reflect a strategic mindset shaped by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where mass civilian destruction was normalized and later used to justify annihilation as a legitimate policy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 13, 2026
Trump’s apocalyptic promise: ‘A whole civilization will die tonight’
Truman described Hiroshima as “a military base,” a characterization historians have since established as inaccurate.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they meet in Pyongyang on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2026
Kim Jong Un shows off friends and weapons before Trump China trip
Kim Jong Un is showcasing his tighter ties with old allies and battlefield lessons from Ukraine, as he positions North Korea as a strong nuclear power before Donald Trump’s trip to China.
Members of Nihon Hidankyo at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2026
Nihon Hidankyo urges investment ban on makers of nuclear weapons
The organization will make the request directly to financial institutions, including some of Japan’s largest banks.
A Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California in March 2018.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 9, 2026
How soon would ‘friendly’ proliferation become unfriendly?
If the U.S. wouldn’t mind if some allies, like Japan or South Korea, make the nuclear leap, then why shouldn’t others?
A ballistic missile launch vehicle in Tehran on Feb. 11
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
UAE says Iran’s nuclear and military capabilities must be addressed
Iranian attacks on infrastructure, energy facilities and civilian sites over the past 40 days across the Persian Gulf require a “firm position,” the UAE says.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a new missile production line at an undisclosed location in this undated picture released last September.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2026
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Pyongyang dismisses Seoul’s diplomacy hopes
In Tokyo, the government’s top spokesman said that no missiles had entered Japan’s territory or exclusive economic zone.
U.S. President Donald Trump is silhouetted as he waves upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 27.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
How Trump took the U.S. to war with Iran
In a series of Situation Room meetings, U.S. President Donald Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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