Japan
15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape
Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.
Policy mixes dream of nuclear-free world, reality of weapons spending
Amid the sculpted tributes and manicured grounds of the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park, President Barack Obama made his appeal to humanity’s better instincts.
'We come to mourn the dead,' Obama declares at Hiroshima
President Barack Obama called on the world to pursue a long-term vision of a nuclear-free world Friday, as he became the first U.S. president ever to visit a Hiroshima memorial dedicated to those died in the world’s first wartime atomic bombing.
Court ruling reverses ban on Atsugi’s Japan Self Defense Forces night flights
The Japan Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lower-court ruling banning Japan Self-Defense Forces nighttime flights out of Naval Air Facility Atsugi and reduced compensation for noise, while also allowing late U.S. military flights to continue.
Gallup poll: South Koreans confident about US support, Japan uncertain
South Koreans are confident the American military would aid them in a conflict while the Japanese are far less certain, according to a Gallup poll released this week measuring confidence in U.S. intervention among Asian nations.
Survivors, relatives welcome Obama’s visit to Hiroshima
President Barack Obama’s visit Friday to Hiroshima was generally welcomed by the city’s people, particularly relatives and survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attack.
Obama in Hiroshima and Iwakuni
President Barack Obama is expected to appear at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday, the first time a U.S. president has visited the dedication to those who died in the world’s first wartime atomic bombing.