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Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out his Peace Declaration during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945. He warned against holding discussions about whether Japan should possess nuclear arms and stressed the use of nuclear weapons should never be permitted.

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Japan, Kazakhstan put on 'Against Nuclear Arms' exhibit at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Visitors view exhibits at a three-part exhibition entitled ''Against Nuclear Arms'' on the opening day Aug. 10 at the United Nations as a testament to the victims of the atomic bombings in Japan during World War II and nuclear testing carried out in Kazakhstan for over 40 years.

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Israeli minister calls for stronger sanctions against Iran

TOKYO, Japan - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 18. She urged the international community to strengthen sanctions against Iran, warning that Tehran's nuclear arms development could lead to a change within the moderate camp in the region.

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Chief N. Korea delegate refuses nuclear arm talks for now: paper

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan (C), North Korean chief delegate to the six-party talks, is driven back the North Korean Embassy in Beijing after the third day of multilateral and bilateral discussions on Dec. 20. A newspaper published by a pro-Pyongyang group in Japan said Kim has refused to discuss the ''nuclear arms'' issue unless the United States drops its ''hostile'' policy against his country. (Pool photo)

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Panel approves nuclear plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Villagers swing arms May 16 in protest against a government advisory panel's endorsement of a plan by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It will be the first incorporation into the government power program of a nuclear plant on a new site since Japan's worst nuclear accident in September 1999.

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Annual antinuclear meetings start in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Council Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo), backed by the opposition Japanese Communist Party, begins a series of annual meetings on how to eliminate nuclear arms Aug. 2 in Hiroshima. About 300 people, including 78 representatives from 19 countries, attended the first event of the conferences, which will end Aug. 9 in Nagasaki.

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Israeli minister calls for stronger sanctions against Iran

TOKYO, Japan - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 18. She urged the international community to strengthen sanctions against Iran, warning that Tehran's nuclear arms development could lead to a change within the moderate camp in the region. (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reads out his Peace Declaration during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945. He warned against holding discussions about whether Japan should possess nuclear arms and stressed the use of nuclear weapons should never be permitted. (Kyodo)

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United Nations push for ratification of nuke test ban treaty

Rose Gottemoeller (C), U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, speaks at an event marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 10, 2015. At the event, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called on countries such as the United States, North Korea and China, among others, to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-nuclear ship Golden Rule repaired in U.S. to sail again

Shigeko Sasamori (L), a Japanese survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and a resident in the United States, throws a champagne bottle against the refurbished Golden Rule during a launching ceremony in Humboldt Bay in California on June 20, 2015. Sasamori was joined by Kate Benton, daughter of Albert Bigelow who captained the ship and inspired a widespread struggle against nuclear arms tests in the 1950s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Group fetes 40th anniv. of 'Kobe Formula' for nuke-free warships

Shushi Kajimoto, secretary general of the Hyogo Council against A- and H-Bombs, speaks at a civic meeting in Kobe, western Japan, on March 18, 2015, greeting the 40th anniversary of the so-called "Kobe Formula" which requires foreign warships entering Kobe port to submit certificates that they are free of nuclear arms. The formula is based on a Kobe city assembly resolution adopted in 1975. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kazakhstanis hold antinuclear rally

Karipbek Kuyukov (2nd from R), a Kazakhstani artist and activist who was born without arms as a result of his parents' exposure to radiation from Soviet-era nuclear weapons tests, and other participants take part in an antinuclear rally in Astana on Aug. 29, 2015, the U.N.-designated International Day against Nuclear Tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief N. Korea delegate refuses nuclear arm talks for now: paper

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan (C), North Korean chief delegate to the six-party talks, is driven back the North Korean Embassy in Beijing after the third day of multilateral and bilateral discussions on Dec. 20. A newspaper published by a pro-Pyongyang group in Japan said Kim has refused to discuss the ''nuclear arms'' issue unless the United States drops its ''hostile'' policy against his country. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Panel approves nuclear plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Villagers swing arms May 16 in protest against a government advisory panel's endorsement of a plan by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It will be the first incorporation into the government power program of a nuclear plant on a new site since Japan's worst nuclear accident in September 1999.

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Annual antinuclear meetings start in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Council Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo), backed by the opposition Japanese Communist Party, begins a series of annual meetings on how to eliminate nuclear arms Aug. 2 in Hiroshima. About 300 people, including 78 representatives from 19 countries, attended the first event of the conferences, which will end Aug. 9 in Nagasaki.