Experts have claimed that if its wanted to, Japan could develop its own nuclear weapons stockpile in a matter of years.

Governments throughout East Asia and the rest of the international system are increasingly agitated about media reports alleging that an anonymous source in the ...

Japan reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after local media reported that a senior ...

The reported claims that "Japan should possess nuclear weapons" by a senior government official, who advises Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security, continue to draw strong backlash from ...

A senior government official who advises Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security expressed a personal opinion that ...

Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Sunday that Japan needs to debate the future of its non-nuclear principles, ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is to discuss the nation's security policies as it faces up to growing security challenges in Northeast Asia, including whether it should scrap the three ...

Fukuoka TNC News report titled “Former prime minister Shigeru Ishiba: "It will absolutely not benefit Japan" — comments on ...

North Korea warns Japan’s nuclear ambitions must be ‘prevented at any cost’ - The statement comes after an official at ...

China's Foreign Ministry has fired a warning shot after a senior Japanese official suggested Tokyo should reconsider its nearly eight-decade ban on nuclear weapons in light of the worsening regional ...