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

Virtually all nuclear weapons trends are negative and the institutions built to address them are failing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/09/world/nuclear-picture-grows-darker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nuclearweapons #defense #us #china #northkorea #russia #nuclearnonproliferationtreaty#npt

An independent expert panel of the U.N. tasked with assessing the impact of nuclear war met with co-deputy chair Masao Tomonaga, an 82-year-old hibakusha atomic bomb survivor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/un-nuke-panel-hibakusha-deputy-chiar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's talks with Iran on how to resume inspections at sites cannot go on for months on end, its chief said, pushing for a deal as early as this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/world/un-nuclear-chief-iran-inspections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iaea #un#rafaelgrossi #nuclearweapons #nuclearenergy #iran

Japanese high school students advocating for the abolition of nuclear weapons presented 110,000 signatures for world peace to the United Nations during a trip to Geneva on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/students-signatures-peace-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #un#highschools #nuclearweapons #wwii #atomicbombings

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was set to arrive in Beijing he makes his debut on the multilateral stage Wednesday at a military parade overseen by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and attended by Russia's Vladimir Putin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #kimjongun #missiles #nuclearweapons #china #russia #xijinping #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #beijing #pla

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a major new missile factory, saying that his country’s five-year plan to boost production had been achieved — a key milestone announced ahead of a rare visit to Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-missiles-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #russia #china #kimjongun #missiles #nuclearweapons #xijinping #donaldtrump #vladimirputin

Hours before arriving in the U.S., South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung has signaled difficulties in reaching a deal with Washington on its demand that U.S. forces in South Korea play a larger role in countering China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-lee-us-trump-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics#leejaemyung #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #budgets #china #northkorea #southkorea #nuclearweapons #us

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test-firing of two new air-defense missiles, state media said Sunday, after Pyongyang accused Seoul of fomenting tensions on the border. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/asia-pacific/north-korea-air-defense-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #usmilitary

The White House plans to make available about 20 metric tons of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to U.S. power companies as a potential fuel for reactors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-us-plutonium-nuclear-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #nuclearenergy #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump

When South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung meets U.S. President Donald Trump for their first summit, he will be asked to pay more for the upkeep of U.S. troops during talks set to be dominated by security issues and China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/23/asia-pacific/politics/lee-trump-south-korea-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump#leejaemyung #northkorea #nuclearweapons #trade #china #taiwan

South Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers that briefly crossed the heavily fortified border earlier this week, Seoul said Saturday after Pyongyang accused it of risking "uncontrollable" tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/23/asia-pacific/north-south-korea-warning-shots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #nuclearweapons#leejaemyung

North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China that may house Pyongyang's newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-icbm-china-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #missiles #nuclearweapons #defense

The unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump and doubts about whether America can be relied on to provide security have led some in Japan to consider an unthinkable Plan B: nuclear arms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/trump-japan-nuclear-arms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #ruimatsukawa #defense #donaldtrump #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #wwii

Teruko Yahata, 88, began studying English five years ago so she could share the horrors of the bombing of Hiroshima with a wider audience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/hibakusha-giving-account-in-english/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nuclearweapons

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, urged Japan to attend the 2026 review conference for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/nakamitsu-disarmament-efforts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #izuminakamitsu #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki #hiroshima

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the "rapid expansion” of his country’s nuclear weapons program, escalating tensions with the U.S. and South Korea as the allies conduct joint military drills. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-nuclear-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #kimjongun #southkorea #us #donaldtrump

A woman who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima 80 years ago called for the abolition of nuclear weapons in a lecture in Sydney. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/japan/hiroshima-abomb-survivor-speech-sydney/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nuclearweapons