Surrounded by dictatorships possessing nuclear weapons, Japan contends with inward-looking legislators and a finance ministry that restrains defense spending.
Japan remains constantly exposed to the menace of North Korean missiles, and ominously the Kim regime recently "legalized" its use of nuclear weapons.
Kishida presented an action plan for abolishing nuclear weapons in the first address by a Japanese prime minister to the members of the NPT Conference.
The invasion of Ukraine has changed Japanese mindsets, dashing our illusion of peace when a dictator threatened to blow up a country with nuclear weapons.
Tsuboi spent his life teaching about the horrors of atomic weapons. He died at the age of 96, leaving the battle for a nuclear weapons-free world...
As the only nation to have suffered under the impact of the use of nuclear weapons, Japan’s role in the United Nations has been pivotal in...
North Korea wants to let the incoming U.S. Biden administration know it has nuclear weapons and missiles. The world must remain vigilant and increase sanctions pressure...
Families of abductees met high-ranking US officials who voiced support for lifting Japanese sanctions targeting North Korea upon the return of all victims.
In the meeting, family members explained the urgency of international support for ending North Korea's abductions by returning all victims to their homes.
The opposition in South Korea won the election by attacking the ruling party as "pro-Japanese." Despots in China, Russia, and North Korea would welcome that.
After Kishida addressed the US Congress, the three leaders, met in a tripartite summit focused on China's threatening stance in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
That Japan could be drawn into US wars is a sorely mistaken view. Kishida showed how China, Russia, and North Korea are greater threats to Japan...