Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Sunday that Japan needs to debate the future of its non-nuclear principles, after a security official recently suggested the country should possess ...

Japan must have renewed discussions about the country’s long-held three non-nuclear principles, a senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker said Sunday, as Tokyo continues to rely on the U.S.

Japan's top spokesperson has reiterated the government's commitment to the nation's Three Non-Nuclear Principles. The remark came after a senior official said the country "should possess nuclear ...

North Korea's state media on Thursday denounced Japan's reported review of its decades-long three non-nuclear principles. The Rodong Sinmun newspaper issued the criticism as Japanese Prime Minister ...

Japan's ruling party is considering scrapping its non-nuclear principles as tensions with China and North Korea escalate, sparking fierce domestic backlash. https://p ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru stressed on Thursday that the government adheres to the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles as a set of policy guidelines. Nihon Hidankyo, an ...

The group said in the statement that it “strongly protests overturning” the government’s long-held position of not possessing, producing or permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons, and ...

Japan's Nobel-winning atomic bomb survivors group slammed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's bid to review the country's three non-nuclear weapon principles, local media reported on Thursday. Nihon ...

TOKYO - Two former prime ministers of Japan recently expressed their concerns about current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's attempt to revise the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, emphasizing that the ...

Many foreign tourists visit the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Nov. 15, 2025. (Mainichi/Deockwoo An) Japan's status as the world's only nation to have suffered atomic bombings has ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's consideration to review the country's long-standing Three Non-Nuclear Principles continued to draw backlash domestically as two prefecture governors voiced ...