Victims of atomic bombings and nuclear tests gathered in Hiroshima to discuss eliminating nuclear damage, 80 years after the atomic bombings of the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/nuclear-victims-forum-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #hiroshima
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea later this week, Beijing and Pyongyang announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-li-qiang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #kimjongun #liqiang #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #russia
India and Pakistan’s brief war earlier this year has offered numerous lessons on the evolving nature of warfare — particularly for the Indian military, army Chief of Staff Gen. Upendra Dwivedi said in an interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/indian-army-chief-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #pakistan #nuclearweapons #china #defense
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons "sounds like a good idea." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/politics/trump-putin-nuclear-arms-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #us #vladimirputin #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar #nuclearweapons #missiles #defense
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has deployed "special assets" in response to what he called Washington's arms build-up in the South, state media reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/north-korea-special-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #usmilitary
North Korea sent a senior official to the U.N. for a speech for the first time since 2018, while its top diplomat visited Beijing — part of a flurry of diplomacy as it doubles down on its position as a nuclear power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-china-un-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #un #china #us #nuclearweapons #defense #donaldtrump #kimjongun
Iran’s clerical rulers are facing a grave crisis, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the country more isolated and divided. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/world/politics/iran-cleric-nuclear-deadlock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #nuclearenergy #un #iaea
The "snapback" of U.N. sanctions on Iran sends Western powers back to the drawing board on how to contain and monitor Iran's nuclear program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/world/politics/iran-snapback-nuclear-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #us #iaea #israel #irannucleardeal #france #britain #germany #donaldtrump
A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a regional economic summit in South Korea next month cannot be ruled out, a Seoul official reportedly said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #donaldtrump #us #southkorea #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #apec
Iran will remain part of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the country’s president said, despite the looming threat of renewed U.N. sanctions and a domestic push by some lawmakers to adopt a more aggressive posture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/world/politics/iran-npt-sanctions-snapback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #us
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Tuesday to end a "vicious cycle of unnecessary military tensions" with North Korea, with the aim of achieving peaceful coexistence and shared growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/asia-pacific/politics/koreas-lee-new-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #us #donaldtrump #northkorea #nuclearweapons #leejaemyung #kimjongun
Japan’s growing security challenges from China, North Korea and Russia, combined with doubts about U.S. commitments, raise the question of whether it should consider developing its own nuclear deterrent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/japan/can-japan-arm-itself-with-nuclear-weapons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #usjapanrelations #nuclearweapons #defense #china #russia #northkorea
Japan, South Korea and the U.S. reaffirmed their “resolute commitment” to Pyongyang's “complete denuclearization,” pouring cold water on heated speculation that Donald Trump could soon meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-denuclearization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #usjapanrelations #us #northkorea #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #takeshiiwaya #marcorubio #leejaemyung #kimjongun #missiles #china #taiwan
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set in the 2010 New START accord after it expires in February if the U.S. agreed to do the same. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/politics/putin-new-start-nuclear-treaty-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #russia #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #vladimirputin
His memories are hazy, but for 95-year-old Hidetada Yoshida, the decadeslong pain in his right arm serves as a reminder of his experience mining for ores including uranium during the closing days of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/95-year-old-speaks-of-wartime-uranium-mining-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #fukushima #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #mining
North Korea's Kim Jong Un said he is open to talks with the U.S. if it drops its denuclearization demand — remarks that came as South Korea's leader said he would back a deal to freeze Pyongyang's nuclear program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/asia-pacific/kim-trump-north-korea-denuclearization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #missiles #southkorea #leejaemyung
A source close to the Saudi royal court said Pakistan's nuclear weapons could be used to defend Saudi Arabia, days after the two countries signed a surprise mutual defense treaty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/world/politics/pakistan-nuclear-umbrella-saudi-arabia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #pakistan #nuclearweapons #saudiarabia
The U.S. and Britain will sign a deal to make it quicker for companies in both countries to build nuclear power stations when U.S. President Donald Trump visits this week, according to the U.K. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/us-uk-nuclear-tech-whisky-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #uk #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #nuclearenergy #whiskey #tech
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister condemned upcoming joint military drills by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan as a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/north-korea-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #kimyojong #kimjongun #northkorea #nuclearweapons #southkorea #usmilitary #sdf #defense
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang will unveil a policy to advance both its nuclear arsenal and conventional military power at an upcoming key ruling party meeting, state media said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-nuclear-conventional-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #kimjongun #russia #nuclearweapons