Japan Security

- Japan restarts a nuclear reactor after a year-long pause due to energy import security concerns. - A Japanese journalist is arrested in Russia on espionage charges, escalating tensions over disputed Kuril Islands. - Japan urges Asian countries to build up oil reserves amid increasing Middle East risks and considers acquiring nuclear-powered submarines as part of its defense strategy against Russian and Chinese threats. - Russian nuclear-powered submarine fires missiles during Pacific drills, heightening regional military tensions.

Recent headlines

• Japan’s Nuclear Revival Has a Trust Problem — the_diplomat
• Nuclear reactor in northeast Japan stopped after radiation water leak — tass_ru
• Japan taps foreign tech to plug defence gaps as China’s power grows. Will it pay off? — scmp
• N. Korea accuses Japan of 'sinister intention' over nuclear-powered submarines — yonhap_kr
• Russia’s Arrest of a Japanese Journalist Deepens the Freeze in Japan-Russia Relations — the_diplomat