Japan's current “three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology” allow exports of lethal weapons only to countries that are jointly developing or producing defense equipment.

As the global state of affairs becomes more daunting and the risk of countries using nuclear weapons grows, it is time for ...

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Friday urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to decide on Japan's participation as an observer ...

The US government has cleared the potential sale of additional long-range air-to-surface missiles to arm Japanese combat ...

A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty to attempting to traffic weapons-grade plutonium for Iran’s nuclear weapons ...

Japanese premier unfazed at request by atomic bomb survivors that Japan should participate in Meeting of States Parties to ...

Japanese Yakuza mob boss Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials ...

The proposed purchase is for RTX-made Advanced Medium-Range Air-To-Air Missiles and additional guidance instruments and ...

The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it ...

The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar ...