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NUCLEAR

EDITORIALS
May 25, 2016
How long will Monju limp on?
A glance at Monju's history would leave one wondering why no decision has been made yet to decommission the troubled facility.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 25, 2016
Global threats hinder Obama's nuclear disarmament goal
U.S. President Barack Obama's historic Hiroshima visit Friday signifies a step forward in his stated 2009 dream of a "world without nuclear weapons."
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2016
Tokyo, Washington eying chat with hibakusha during Obama's Hiroshima visit
Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima on Friday, the question of whether he will take the opportunity to chat with aging hibakusha during a tour of the memorial park near ground zero is in focus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 24, 2016
Prominent scholars urge Obama to use Hiroshima visit to reinvigorate push against nukes
Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit Friday to Hiroshima, a group of more than 70 prominent scholars and activists have joined a growing chorus calling for the American leader to do more in the final months of his term to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2016
Barack Obama at Hiroshima
U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima will show the world how bonds of alliance and solidarity are forged and maintained.
JAPAN
May 23, 2016
80% of hibakusha in poll not seeking Obama A-bomb apology during Hiroshima visit
Nearly 80 percent of surveyed survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki say they are not seeking an apology from U.S. President Barack Obama.
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2016
Obama says Hiroshima visit to emphasize current friendly U.S. relationship with Japan
U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday his visit to Hiroshima, the first city to suffer an atomic bombing, will emphasize friendly ties between former enemies, and reiterated he will not apologize for the devastating attack.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2016
U.N. nuclear disarmament talks
Japan's position of calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons while relying on America's nuclear umbrella is contradictory and undermines its persuasive power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2016
U.S. would back a rethink of Japan's plutonium recycling program: White House
Washington says it would back a change to Japan's nuclear fuel reprocessing program due to concerns it may lead to an increase in the stockpile of unused plutonium.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2016
North Korean threat would be a priority under a Clinton presidency, aide says
Working with China to solve the threat posed by North Korea would be a key priority if Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton becomes the next president of the United States, her senior policy adviser said recently.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 20, 2016
Obama has an opportunity to inspire in Hiroshima
Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima will be pregnant with deep symbolism that will resonate not just in Japan and America but the whole wide world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2016
What if the North conducts another nuclear test?
The U.S., Japan and South Korea should start planning seriously for a nuclear North Korea rather than expect a miraculous policy change by Pyongyang.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 20, 2016
The case against apologizing for the A-bombs
U.S. President Barack Obama can't apologize for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because large numbers of Americans believe they were justified.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2016
Obama to note U.S. 'moral responsibility' for nuclear-free world in Hiroshima, says speechwriter
U.S. President Barack Obama will cite his country's 'moral responsibility' on the issue when he visits Hiroshima next week, a top adviser says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2016
Former Prime Minister Koizumi backs U.S. sailors suing over Fukushima radiation
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has thrown his support behind a group of former U.S. sailors suing the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The sailors claim health problems they now suffer were caused by exposure to radiation after a triple meltdown at the plant following an earthquake...
JAPAN / Politics
May 18, 2016
In Hiroshima, Obama to talk about consequences of nuclear war: aide
U.S. President Barack Obama may use his Hiroshima visit to urge world leaders to consider the consequences of using nuclear weapons, a close aide said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2016
Combat power, allies best way to deter North Korea: U.S. Pacific commander
North Korea is on a quest to develop nuclear-armed ballistic missiles that can strike the United States, and the best way to counter Pyongyang is with combat power and strong alliances, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2016
U.S. Navy secretary to visit New Zealand as talk of port calls heats up
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is set to visit New Zealand this week for a trip that could move Washington closer to resolving a decades-old dispute with Wellington over port calls for U.S. vessels, it was learned Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 15, 2016
Rather than apologize, Obama should vow to halve the U.S. nuclear stockpile
What remains is that egregious, gaudy number: America's 7,000 nuclear weapons, a number that countries without nuclear arms see as a slap in the face.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
May 14, 2016
Obama's Hiroshima visit sparks 'what if' questions
U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima later this month, the first ever by a sitting president, has rekindled the debate on both sides of the Pacific on what happened during the weeks leading up to the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city in the closing days of World War II.

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