Why a Notorious Japanese Doomsday Cult Tried to Buy a $400,000 Laser From a Silicon Valley Tech Firm

In 1995, the Japanese cult behind the deadly sarin gas subway attack was in touch with a California-based laser manufacturer.

Disappointment spreads among A-bomb survivors in Japan over NPT confab

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their mayors expressed disappointment Saturday after a revie ...
Nikkei Asia

Japan A-bomb survivors decry NPT deadlock after talks collapse

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their mayors on Saturday expressed disappointment ...
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Japan approves removing ban on lethal weapons exports

Japan is removing restrictions on exporting lethal weapons for the first time in 50 years. Japan is feeling more threatened by its neighbors than it has in decades, and that has led to gradual shifts ...
The Japan Times

Hidankyo voices disappointment as nuclear nonproliferation talks fail

The NPT review conference failed to adopt a final document for the third consecutive meeting due chiefly to differences over ...
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Editorial: As nuclear war risks rise, Japan must help push for disarmament

The danger of nuclear war is growing. The world's resolve to achieve a "planet free of nuclear weapons" is being tested again. With a series of global arms-control conferences now unfolding, ...
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Will South Korea or Japan develop a nuclear deterrent of their own?

Seven in 10 South Koreans tell pollsters they want the bomb. Japan's PM refuses to rule it out. Is 'friendly proliferation' next? War on Iran has changed many things, not least of which is the tenor ...