Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi prompted outrage among atomic bomb survivors and leaders of the areas devastated by the bombings by urging the nation to discuss nuclear weapons “without taboos.” His ...

Some Iranian clerics and officials argue the country must rebuild deterrence by dropping its longstanding pledge not to build ...

Iranian hardliners are increasingly calling for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, abandon a decades-old religious prohibition against atomic arms and withdraw from an internation ...

For years, Iran's declared position was a fatwa by Ali Khamenei, which declared weapons of mass destruction as forbidden under Islam. He summed up his stance as "nuclear energy for all, and nuclear ...

Iranian officials debate changing nuclear doctrine amid renewed military threats, while Khamenei warns further attacks would ...

As Iran weighs whether to change its nuclear doctrine, it is also considering extending the range of its missiles beyond a ...

Japan insists its longstanding nuclear weapons policy remains unchanged, even as officials consider a historic shift that could allow American nuclear weapons onto Japanese territory amid growing ...

Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader, Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari, has described calls to review Iran’s nuclear doctrine ...

NATO is starting its major annual nuclear exercise, "Steadfast Noon," on Tuesday Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed ...

TOKYO, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday again called for discussions on reviewing the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles and expressed support for ...