Japan launches non-nuclear submarine as aversion over atomic bombings lingers
The diesel-electric Raigei submarine will be based in waters near Japan's mainland where Chinese and Russian vessels operate ...
Japan won’t join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence
Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in Tokyo said Monday ...
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Acquittal of Fukushima nuclear plant operator ex-bosses finalized
Japan's top court said Thursday it had finalized the acquittal of two former executives from the operator of the Fukushima ...
Japan’s top court upholds ex-TEPCO leaders’ acquittal on negligence over Fukushima nuclear crisis
Japan’s top court has found two former company executives not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and the subsequent deaths of dozens of elderly residents ...
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Japan Aims for 20 Percent Nuclear Power by 2040
Japan is set to increase its nuclear power capacity, reversing a post-Fukushima policy to reduce reliance on nuclear energy, ...
Japan skips UN nuclear arms conference to avoid 'wrong message' over US deterrence
Japanese government's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated that participating as an observer would not align with ...
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Japan’s Ishiba Comes to Washington: Summit Success
Despite great trepidation in Tokyo that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was not up to the task, the U.S.–Japan summit was a success for bilateral relations and boosting Ishiba’s political strength.
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Assured distraction: How attacks on South Korea’s nuclear reactors could be a smoke screen for wider conflict
An attack on South Korean reactors or spent fuel storage pools would release large amounts of radioactivity and cause massive ...
Court rejects suit requesting halt of western Japan nuclear reactor
A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co.
Japan faces backlash for ‘shameful’ decision to skip nuclear ban summit despite Nobel Prize win
Activists argue that Japan is missing a crucial opportunity to champion disarmament, especially as the only nation to have ...
USAF restores WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan to counter China
The US Air Force restores North Field Airbase, the WWII launch site for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, to ...
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Japan won't join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence
TOKYO — Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in Tokyo said Monday, noting U.S. nuclear deterrence is crucial to the country's ...