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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. In a major break from its strictly self-defense-only postwar principle, Japan adopted a national security strategy Friday declaring plans to possess preemptive strike capability and cruise missiles within years to give itself more offensive footing against threats from neighboring China and North Korea. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida proves surprise warrior ahead of Biden meeting

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Summit of leaders from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Astana, Kazakhstan, ON Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Uncharted territory: High-stakes questions swirl around Russia’s tactical nuke threats in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, center left, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, far right, lays a wreath at the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan PM, US envoy pray in Hiroshima amid Russia nuke fears

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This aerial photo taken on March 9, 1945, shows the industrial section of Tokyo along the Sumida River. The nuclear bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 secured Japan's surrender and ended World War II. In Japan, war orphans were punished for surviving. They were bullied. They were called trash, sometimes rounded up by police and put in cages. Some were sent to institutions or sold for labor. They were targets of abuse and discrimination. Now, 75 years after the war's end, some are revealing their untold stories of recovery and pain, underscoring Japan’s failure to help its own people. (AP Photo, File)

History As It Happens: Reconsidering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By Martin Di Caro

A child prays in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Hiroshima on Friday marked the 76th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo News via AP)

Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach offers flowers to Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during his visit Friday, July 16, 2021, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

IOC’s Bach gets mixed reaction in one-day visit to Hiroshima

By Haruka Nuga and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

An ignition ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay is held at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The torch relay was taken off public roads due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next week's torch relay is being pulled off the streets in Hiroshima prefecture, too, as COVID-19 cases rise in Japan. This is at least the sixth change to the relay - from rerouting to cancellation - in the last several weeks as cases surge in Japan. Organizers warned before the relay began that changes and delays were expected in the face of the pandemic. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay pulled off streets in Hiroshima

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lahore, Pakistan. The United Nations announced Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 that 50 countries have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its entry into force in 90 days, a move hailed by anti-nuclear activists but strongly opposed by the United States and the other major nuclear powers. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended the 50 states and saluted “the instrumental work&quot; of civil society in facilitating negotiations and pushing for ratification, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)

UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Saki Morioki, 5 years old, looks at paper lanterns floating along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. in Hiroshima, western Japan. Japan marked the 75th anniversary Thursday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The official lantern event was cancelled to the public due to coronavirus but a small group of local representatives released some lanterns. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan appeals court order to recognize ‘black rain’ victims

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen at dusk in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The city of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Pope on Hiroshima: Possession of nuclear weapons “immoral”

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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 1945, file photo, smoke rises 20,000 feet above Hiroshima, western Japan, after the first atomic bomb was dropped during warfare. Hiroshima was targeted because it was a major Japanese military hub filled with military bases and ammunition facilities. The city of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack. (AP Photo, File)

5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Koko Kondo speaks during an video interview from Miki city, western Japan, on July 30, 2020. Kondo was determined to find the person who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, western Japan, the person that caused the suffering and the terrible facial burns of the girls at her father’s church - and then square off and punch them in the face. Ten-year-old Kondo appeared on an American TV show called “This is Your Life” that was featuring her father, Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, one of six survivors profiled in John Hersey’s book “Hiroshima.” Kondo stared in hatred at another guest: Capt. Robert Lewis, co-pilot of B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the bomb. (AP Photo)

Hiroshima survivors worry that world will forget

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A mushroom cloud rises moments after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945.

America’s atomic bombing of Nagasaki: Lessons forgotten

By Peter Vincent Pry

Kazumi Matsui, right, mayor of Hiroshima, and the family of the deceased bow before they place the victims list of the Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Survivors mark 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Michiko Kodama, assistant secretary-general of the Japan Confederation of A and H Bomb Sufferers' Organizations, prepares to narrate her experience on a livestream of &quot;Kataribe&quot; or story-telling session Sunday, July 12, 2020, in Tokyo. “For me, the war is not over yet,” said Michiko Kodama, 82, who survived the bombing but has lost most of her relatives from cancer, including one of her two daughters. Years after the atomic bombing, a receptionist at a clinic near Tokyo noted Kodama's “hibakusha” medical certificate in a loud voice, and a patient sitting next to her in a waiting room moved away from her. The fear of death, prejudice and discrimination at work and in marriage continues, and nuclear weapons still exist. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Tetsuko Shakuda speaks during a video interview in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Shakuda was a frightened 14-year-old when she resumed her work as a conductor on a tram line in the devastated city of Hiroshima, just three days after the atomic bomb exploded 75 years ago, badly damaging the tracks and most of the trams. The U.S. first atomic bomb that exploded on Aug. 6, 1945, changed everything. As that first tram on Aug. 9 moved through Hiroshima, it passed huge piles of rubble and decomposing bodies. (AP Photo)

Hiroshima survivor recalls working on tram after A-bomb

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press

A group of plaintiffs and supporters celebrate during a meeting following the court ruling in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. A court has recognized people exposed to radioactive “black rain” that fell after the U.S. atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the government to provide the same medical benefits it gives other survivors. (Kyodo News via AP)

Hiroshima court recognizes atomic bomb ‘black rain’ victims

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Pope Francis signs a visitors' book at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for a meeting in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis, in Hiroshima, demands world leaders renounce ‘immoral’ nuclear weapons

By Nicole Winfield and Kaori Hitomi - Associated Press

Staff prepares for Pope Francis visit at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Nagasaki, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral’

By NICOLE WINFIELD and KAORI HITOMI - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers the speech at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Nagasaki, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Pope’s message resonates with students

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