Japan has clinched the sale of 11 Mogami-class stealth frigates, beating out warships from Germany, Spain, and South Korea in the bid.

Funds from the new levy – targeted for 2028 – will be used to improve sites such as a secret wartime chemical weapons factory and a museum.

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are increasingly speaking out against nuclear weapons.

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor ...

In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether the U.S. will come to their aid in the event of a war. This has been ...

Japan won't join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attends at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, March 3, 2025.

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons There is frustration over growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear weapons by some global leaders.

Japan's aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

“The only path to peace is nuclear weapons' abolishment. There is no other way,” Kunihiko Iida, who survived the Hiroshima bombing at age 3, said.

“The only path to peace is nuclear weapons' abolishment. There is no other way,” Kunihiko Iida, who survived the Hiroshima bombing at age 3, said.

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — 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 ...