Scientists have been building nuclear weapons for more than 80 years, but crafting this technology remains a challenge.

Hiroshima survivor and Nihon Hidankyo assistant secretary general Jiro Hamasumi won't rest until there are zero nuclear ...

Donald Trump said nuclear weapons were the 'greatest threat to humanity', the deadliest one America has is much stronger than ...

(Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) As the only country to have experienced wartime atomic bombings, Japan has a responsibility to make every effort toward a "world without nuclear weapons." Despite this ...

But because nuclear power provides a direct pathway to nuclear weapons development, Iran is at best doubted if not disbelieved by its enemies. Also this week came the news that Japan would go for ...

The museum, located near ground zero of the atomic blast in downtown Hiroshima, displays artifacts from victims as well as other materials to convey the horror of nuclear weapons ... as an important ...

Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...

Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors. An energy plan approved ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan ... of Nuclear Weapons was approved in 2017 and went into force in 2021 following a decades-long campaign aimed at preventing a repeat of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...

TOKYO — Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in Tokyo said Monday, noting U.S. nuclear deterrence is crucial to the country ...