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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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.
Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa is interviewed in Tokyo on Dec. 9.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2025
Japan faced tough U.S. demands in 1994 North Korea nuke crisis
U.S. congressional heavyweights openly expressed frustration when they met with the visiting Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.
A long-range surface-to-air missile is test-fired on Wednesday in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2025
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of long-range missiles, KCNA says
The test, aimed at assessing North Korea’s ⁠technology for developing a new type ‍of high-altitude missile, destroyed targets in the air from 200 km away.
Retired Chinese military officers watch as the DF-5C global covering strategic nuclear capable missile (not pictured) is debuted in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3 at a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2025
Have we entered a new age of nuclear proliferation?
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, nuclear arsenals are growing, and the weapons themselves are becoming more lethal.
A suicide note left by international politics scholar Kei Wakaizumi is currently on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives in the town of Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / History
Dec 22, 2025
Secret Okinawa-reversion negotiator’s suicide note now open to public
The letter, which describes the envoy’s grief over brokering a nuclear agreement with the U.S., will be on display through Sunday.
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong said in a September address to the United Nations that his country would never surrender its nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2025
North Korea says Japan’s nuclear ambitions must be stopped ‘at any cost’
Pyongyang’s reaction came after the unnamed official in the Prime Minister’s Office was quoted by Kyodo News as saying: “I think we should possess nuclear weapons.”
Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told an NHK program Sunday that while the government was adhering to the country's three non-nuclear principles as a policy guideline, “the question is what to do going forward.”
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2025
Senior LDP official hints at need for discussion of non-nuclear principles
The remarks by former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera were the latest signal that the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could be eyeing revisions to the principles.
Queried about the comments by a senior Japanese government official that Tokyo should acquire nuclear weapons, a U.S. State Department spokesperson did not directly address the remarks, but praised Japan for its stance on nuclear nonproliferation.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
U.S. appears to pour cold water on idea of Japan acquiring nukes
The State Department called Japan “a global leader” and “valuable partner” on nuclear nonproliferation and advancing nuclear arms control.
Yoshihiko Noda, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, arrives for a party leaders' debate at the Upper House in Tokyo on Nov. 26.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Opposition seeks dismissal of government official over nuclear weapon remark
The government has emphasized that it remains committed to Japan’s long-standing three nonnuclear principles.
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel participate in a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2024.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Japan should have nuclear weapons, official reportedly says
The comments come at a sensitive time for Japan amid a tense security environment in East Asia.
Visitors pray in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima in October 2024.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2025
Hiroshima atomic bombing victim identified by DNA test
The city of Hiroshima said it will continue DNA testing of preserved hair upon request, aiming to identify more victims.
Terumi Tanaka addresses a Nihon Hidankyo meeting in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 8.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Nihon Hidankyo’s 93-year-old executive determined to move public opinion
Terumi Tanaka has been traveling around Japan giving lectures about eliminating nuclear weapons despite his advanced age.
Crew members of a South Korean navy submarine salute during a fleet review in the waters off Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2025
Seoul’s nuclear sub gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia
South Korea’s rapidly developing program could irk China and pressure Japan to develop similar capabilities.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae watch an air show during an event to celebrate the air force's 80th anniversary, at the Kalma Airfield, in Wonsan, North Korea, in this picture released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2025
North Korea’s Kim vows to equip air force with new ‘strategic assets’
Kim made the announcement at an event marking the 80th anniversary of the North Korean Air Force, accompanied by his daughter Ju Ae.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi takes part in a debate with opposition party leaders, including Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda (right center), in parliament on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Takaichi hints that Taiwan remarks were off the cuff
The PM has indicated that she didn’t initially intend to offer an example of what she could consider a “survival-threatening situation” that would allow the SDF to be deployed.
Itsunori Onodera, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on Security
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 21, 2025
LDP begins talks to update key national security documents
The party is expected to discuss how much to increase defense spending and how to finance the increase.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2025
South Korean sub deal with U.S. will trigger ‘nuclear domino’ effect, says North
A long-awaited security and trade agreement between Seoul and Washington, finalized last week, includes plans to move forward with developing atomic-powered vessels.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima seen from a nearby observation point in April
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2025
Remains of Hiroshima atomic bomb victim to get DNA test
Unclaimed remains will undergo DNA profiling to identify the individual.
A nuclear bomb test at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak in June 1956. Such tests are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2025
Nuclear tests and a legacy of harm in the Asia-Pacific
Understanding former nuclear experiments as “tests” is highly misleading, as each atomic explosion has released a tremendous quantity of long-lasting radioactive pollutants.
Iranian women pray for rain following a drought crisis at Imamzadeh Saleh shrine in Tehran on Friday.
WORLD / Society / ANALYSIS
Nov 15, 2025
Iran’s dual reality: As veil restrictions ease, political crackdown deepens
The strategy is calculated: relax visible restrictions to soothe public opinion, while quietly intensifying a crackdown on political dissent.
‘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 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.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
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. 
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
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.

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