Co-chair of Nobel Peace Prize-winning group alarmed over weakening of ‘nuclear taboo’

Eighty years after devastating bombings, Japan is talking about joining the nuclear arms race

PM Shigeru Ishiba on the political ropes after humiliating voter rebuke

Policies toward foreigners have emerged as central issue of campaigning ahead of upper house elections later this month

Country’s chief justice formally expelled the president from office on Friday

Victim Shiori Ito directed the ‘emotionally wrenching’ film about her attack and its aftermath

South Korean president has pitted himself against prosecutors, the courts and the political opposition

Some in impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol’s camp have said they hope Donald Trump will come to his aid after Washington inauguration

Latest confrontation of political crisis that has paralysed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached

Yoon Suk Yeol’s failure to obey summons may see authorities issue a warrant for his arrest

Authority now passes to prime minister Han Duck-soo, who becomes acting leader of the country while court decides Yoon’s fate

South Koreans have learned about the horror that followed the last time martial law was issued in 1979

Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote in wake of martial law declaration but crowds call for him to step down

Japan’s official position, sheltering under the US nuclear umbrella while paying lip service to survivors, is often uncomfortable

Veteran conservative Shigeru Ishiba, who advocates an Asian version of Nato, has repeatedly feuded with ruling party over political differences and corruption