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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2015
Nuclear deal seen boosting Iran's economy, not regional aggression
An expected influx of cash from an easing of sanctions after a nuclear deal between Iran and major powers looks likely to be directed mainly at reviving a moribund economy rather than increasing Iranian assertiveness.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2015
Russian nuclear bomber crash is second in two months
A Russian nuclear bomber aircraft crashed Tuesday near the eastern city of Khabarovsk, a Russian report said, the second loss of a Tu-95 plane in the area in two months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2015
Draft Iran deal calls for U.N. access to all sites: source
A draft nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers calls for United Nations inspectors to have access to all suspect Iranian sites, including military locations, based on consultations between the powers and Tehran, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2015
Iran, powers give themselves until Monday for nuclear deal
Iran and major powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2015
Iranian nuclear deal set to make hard-line Revolutionary Guards richer
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard have done very well despite international sanctions — and if a nuclear deal is done in Vienna this week under which those sanctions are lifted, they are likely to do better still.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 2, 2015
Nuclear deal could sharpen political tensions in Iran
A final deal to resolve the Iranian nuclear dispute could heighten domestic political tensions with two major elections looming in the Islamic Republic, analysts and officials said.
WORLD
Jul 2, 2015
IAEA says Iran has reduced its uranium stockpile, but questions remain
Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium (LEU) gas dropped below the maximum level required under a 2013 interim nuclear agreement with world powers, a U.N. report showed Wednesday, but a U.S. think tank suggested Tehran had not entirely met its obligations.
WORLD
Jun 11, 2015
Hackers targeted Iran nuclear talks: Kaspersky Lab
A computer virus was used to hack into venues linked to international talks on Iran's nuclear program, the Russian computer security company Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2015
H-bomb test survivor on nuke-free crusade
Matashichi Oishi, a victim of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, has been crusading for a world free of atomic weapons and nuclear power plants.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 9, 2015
Russia grounds Bear bomber fleet after deadly accident in Far East
One crew member was killed and another seriously injured after a nuclear-capable bomber aircraft skidded off a runway and caught fire at a military air base in Russia's Far East on Monday, the Interfax news agency reported.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2015
A-bomb exhibit to be held in Nagasaki's U.S. sister city
A national peace memorial hall in Nagasaki says it will hold its annual overseas exhibition on the two atomic bombings this year in the of St. Paul, Minnesota, with which it has a sister-city relationship.
WORLD
May 28, 2015
Iran, North Korea forging ballistic, nuclear ties: dissidents
An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Thursday that a delegation of North Korean experts in nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles had visited a military site near Tehran in April amid talks between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2015
Disappointing NPT conference
Japan must seriously consider how it can fulfill its special responsibility as the sole victim of atomic bombings in the global efforts to reduce and eventually eliminate the dangers posed by nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2015
NPT shows signs of fraying
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty shows signs of no longer being capable of coping with contemporary challenges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2015
Why Beijing now puts up with Pyongyang's nuclear nuttiness
In the current 'cool war' environment, China sees North Korea's belligerence as a useful tool to be used against the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 23, 2015
U.N. disarmament talks collapse
The U.S. blocks a global document aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons, over a deadline for a nuclear-free Middle East zone.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2015
China's Cold War nostalgia
China's MIRV warhead deployment is meant to emphasize that it intends to become a genuine global power alongside the U.S.
WORLD
May 18, 2015
Britain investigates sailor's disaster warning over nuclear subs
Britain's Royal Navy said Monday it has launched an inquiry after a sailor who served on its submarines armed with nuclear weapons said the vessels had major security flaws and were a "disaster waiting to happen."
JAPAN
May 16, 2015
Japan snubs China, urges Hiroshima, Nagasaki invitations to be reinstated in NPT paper
Japan calls for the reinstatement of wording on potential visits by global leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the outcome document of a U.N. review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 14, 2015
Calling for a Northeast Asia free of all nuclear weapons
Japan can solve its 'nuclear dilemma' by working toward a framework guaranteeing a nuclear-free Northeast Asia.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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