TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Japan reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after local media reported that a senior security official suggested the country should ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's export of lethal weapons sent an "extremely dangerous signal" indicating expanded military capabilities, Chinese observers ...

Japan’s long-standing status as a non-nuclear power is under fresh scrutiny after a report argued that the country could assemble its own nuclear weapons within roughly three years. The claim has ...

With growing threats from China and North Korea, Japan is accelerating its hypersonic weapons program. This month, Japan's Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that it had successfully conducted flight ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday approved a draft proposal to ease restrictions on defense equipment exports, allowing in principle the shipment of weapons such as fighter jets and ...

Misawa Air Base, Japan — Recently, The 7th Bomb Wing completed a bomber task force weapons load at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Airmen conducted munitions preparation, inspected munition components, ...

Japanese police have confiscated metal tubes, tools and possible gunpowder from the home of a man suspected of throwing what was believed to be a homemade pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at ...

The Red Army together with Mongolian units defeated the Japanese invaders who had intruded into the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. By the 85th anniversary of ...

The United States and Japan have formulated their first guidelines for extended deterrence, which include the possible employment of the U.S.'s nuclear weapons, amid persistent threats posed to the ...

TOKYO, Feb 13(Reuters) - Japan's nuclear power advocates have pulled out all the stops since the Fukushima crisis, even arguing that the only nation to suffer an atomic attack needs to keep its ...

In Japan, not even the magic powers of Harry Potter, or the House of Gryffindor, are enough to evade the country’s strict weapons laws. Replica swords from the Harry Potter franchise, sold by the ...