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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran last November.
WORLD
Feb 3, 2026
Iran and U.S. to hold nuclear talks on Friday as Trump warns Tehran
The U.S. leader said he is hopeful the two sides will “work something out,” but also warned that “bad things would happen” if no deal is reached.
A Ukrainian officer watches as an SS-24 nuclear missile booster is removed from its bunker at a military base in Pervomaisk in southern Ukraine in September 1998 as part of the dismantling of the country’s remaining SS-24 missiles under the START I treaty.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2026
Goodbye arms control, hello nuclear anarchy
This marks the first time since the iciest days of the Cold War when no formal arms-control regime will limit the two atomic superpowers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the National Defense Control Center to oversee the test of a Russian hypersonic missile system called Avangard, which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads, in Moscow in December 2018.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 1, 2026
Barring last-minute nuclear deal, U.S. and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race
Meanwhile, China’s arsenal is growing, unchecked by agreements between Washington and Moscow.
The arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East gives U.S. President Donald Trump a range of offensive options against Iran, but what he hopes to achieve remains unclear.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2026
Trump’s options for Iran strike grow even with unclear goals
His latest warnings, along with Iran’s threats of response against U.S. installations in the region, have fueled a spike in oil prices.
The plaintiffs said the three hibakusha had long been excluded from aid due to a government notice stating they would lose their right to receive related state aid if they leave the country, and therefore had been "forced to live with health problems and anxiety."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2026
Court orders government to pay damages to relatives of hibakusha who left Japan
The hibakusha, originally from what is now South Korea, were exposed to radiation in the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and returned home after the war.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter inspect a test firing of the renewed large-caliber rocket launcher system, at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2026
North Korea to soon unveil ‘next-stage’ nuclear plans, Kim says
The landmark congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers Party is expected in the coming weeks and is its first in five years.
The "Doomsday Clock" is set to 89 seconds to midnight during the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 28, 2026
Atomic scientists set ‘Doomsday Clock’ closer to midnight than ever
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation.
People sit in front of a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at the main rail station in Seoul on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2026
North Korea fires off two missiles as rare ruling party congress looms
Both weapons splashed down in waters just off North Korea’s northeastern coast, outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
The Supreme Court has confirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the state in a damages lawsuit filed by 27 children of hibakusha in Hiroshima.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2026
Top court rejects damages suit by children of Hiroshima hibakusha
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed that the exclusion of hibakusha children from the hibakusha support law was unconstitutional.
Terumi Tanaka (right), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks during an event in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2026
Hibakusha and activists vow to continue fighting for nuclear abolition
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, said they are “committed to building the movement” for nuclear abolition this year.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump review an honor guard ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on Oct. 28.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 22, 2026
Takaichi’s strengths and the need for ‘strategic signaling’
The challenge facing Japanese diplomacy lies in strategic signaling: how to communicate intentions and capabilities in an increasingly unstable international environment.
After a busy couple of weeks on the public lecture circuit, German-born physicist Albert Einstein took a few days of relaxation on Hiroshima Prefecture’s Miyajima island.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Jan 20, 2026
When Einstein came to Hiroshima
Einstein saw Hiroshima before it was history — not a symbol but a place, quiet and charming.
62.6% of respondents do not agree with a senior government official who last month said Japan should possess nuclear weapons, a poll conducted by Jiji Press showed Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2026
Over 60% in Japan oppose possessing nuclear weapons
The survey found that 62.6% of respondents do not agree with a senior government official who last month said Japan should possess nuclear weapons.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 17.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2026
China widens attack on Japan nuclear ‘threats’ as ties sour
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said her government abides by the principles, but hasn’t been clear on whether that commitment will remain unchanged.
U.S. President Donald Trump reaches out to shake hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after arriving at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2026
The last Russia-U.S. nuclear treaty is about to expire. What happens next?
The two countries, preoccupied by the war in Ukraine, have not held ‍any talks on a successor treaty to New START, which expires on ‍Feb. 5.
A member of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations) solicits signatures for a petition urging Japan to ratify the nuclear weapons ban treaty at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in October 2024. The organization won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 5, 2026
What happens when the last hibakusha is gone?
As the Peace Clock advances, another clock is running out: The number of people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a hypersonic missile exercise in Pyongyang in this photo released Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2026
North Korea links hypersonic missile drill to ‘recent geopolitical crisis’
Kim, who appeared to tie the exercise to the U.S. toppling of Venezuela’s president, said the drill was intended to prepare his nuclear forces “for an actual war.”
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday following North Korea's launch of at least two ballistic missiles.
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2026
North Korea launches multiple missiles in first tests of 2026
Tokyo said the missiles flew on “irregular trajectories,” traveling 900 and 950 km, respectively — a distance that puts a large section of southern Japan within striking distance.
Sanae Takaichi addresses reporters at a news conference in Tokyo soon after she was elected the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party in October. Recent incidents raise questions about how public discourse and democratic debate are affected when off-the-record rules are unclear or breached.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 30, 2025
What exactly does ‘off the record’ mean in Japan?
“Off the record” should be a tool for protecting sources, not a tool for maintaining cozy relations with those in power.
A projectile is launched as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range "strategic" cruise missile drill, state-run media said Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2025
North Korea tests long-range, nuclear-capable cruise missiles
Pyongyang test-fired two “strategic” cruise missiles on Sunday, as leader Kim Jong Un pledged to continue the “unlimited and sustained development” of his nuclear forces.
‘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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