This August marks 80 years since the United States detonated two atomic weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This gets a lot of attention in history books and the media, as it marks the end of ...

Japan's ruling party is considering scrapping its non-nuclear principles as tensions with China and North Korea escalate, ...

Hibakusha groups fear Tokyo may ease restrictions on hosting nuclear weapons. They argue that the only nation to suffer ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons ...

If Tokyo acquires nuclear-powered subs, it would be a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic ...

On this 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, it is worth reflecting on the horrors of history ushered in with the nuclear age.

“I do think that if Japan wants to show the world that it too should be reckoned with, then maybe it really should have nuclear weapons.” :: Tokyo, Japan Tatsuaki Takahashi grew up in Hiroshima. On ...