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URANIUM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington in 2018.
WORLD
May 11, 2026
Iran uranium stockpile must be gone before war over, Netanyahu says
Pressed on whether there are military options to seize the hidden uranium, Netanyahu said he would not discuss such possibilities ¡ª or a timetable.
An anti-U.S. mural on a street in Tehran on Thursday. The main dispute between Iran and the U.S. concerns uranium enrichment.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 6, 2026
What does Iran want from talks with the U.S.?
The United States has said upcoming talks with Iran must cover Tehran¡¯s missile program and its support for militant groups in the region.
In 2018, French state-controlled energy giant Electricite de France signed a €600 million deal, unaffected by international sanctions over the Ukraine war, with a subsidiary of a Russian state company for the recycling of reprocessed uranium.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
French uranium being sent to Russia, Greenpeace says
The move is legal but ¡°immoral,¡± the head of Greenpeace France¡¯s nuclear campaign said, as nations seek to step up sanctions on the Russian government over its invasion of Ukraine.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
WORLD
Aug 13, 2025
India set to allow its private firms to mine and import uranium to help nuclear expansion
Prime Minister Narendra Modi¡¯s government plans to expand nuclear power production capacity by 12 times by 2047.
A satellite view shows an overview of Fordo underground complex, after the U.S. struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran, on June 22.
WORLD
Jun 30, 2025
U.S. strikes on Iran¡¯s nuclear sites set up ¡®cat-and-mouse¡¯ hunt for missing uranium
Iran¡¯s more than 400 kg of uranium is enough, if further enriched for up to nine nuclear weapons.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, speak during a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2025
No known intel that Iran moved uranium, says U.S. defense chief in fiery presser
Experts have cautioned that Iran likely moved its stockpile of near weapons-grade highly enriched nuclear material before the strikes, and could be hiding it.
A uranium conversion facility in Iran. The country currently enriches uranium to 60% purity ¡ª far above the 3.67% limit set in the 2015 deal but below the 90% needed for weapons-grade material.
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2025
Top Iran aide says nuclear deal possible for sanctions relief
An adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran could accept far-reaching curbs on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News the U.S. will focus on restricting Iran¡¯s uranium enrichment and missile capability rather than dismantling its entire nuclear program. He later took a different tone on social media.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2025
U.S. backs away from envoy saying Iran can keep enriching uranium
Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff later posted on social media ¡°that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program.¡±
Takeshi Ebisawa poses with a rocket launcher during a meeting with an informant and two undercover Danish police officers at a warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark on Feb. 3, 2021.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2025
Yakuza leader pleads guilty in U.S. court to conspiring to sell nuclear material
The leader was charged in February 2024 with conspiring to sell weapons-grade nuclear material and lethal narcotics from Myanmar and purchasing military weaponry.
Nuclear fuel debris recovered from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant No. 2 reactor
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Dec 26, 2024
Uranium detected in extracted Fukushima nuclear fuel debris
The debris was extracted from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant¡¯s No. 2 reactor.
Iran has well over 10,000 existing centrifuges operating at two underground plants at Natanz and Fordow and an above-ground pilot plant at Natanz.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2024
Iran plans new uranium-enrichment expansion, IAEA report says
The confidential report details Iran¡¯s response to a resolution against it that the IAEA¡¯s 35-nation Board of Governors passed last week.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (right) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi during a meeting in Tehran last Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2024
Iran offers to cap sensitive uranium stock as IAEA resolution looms
Western diplomats dismissed Iran¡¯s overture as yet another last-minute attempt to avoid censure, much like its pledge of deeper cooperation that never materialized.
Rail trucks loaded with rocks containing uranium ore wait for transportation. Russia controls almost half the world¡¯s capacity to separate the uranium isotopes needed for nuclear reactors
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Russia takes aim at U.S. nuclear power by throttling uranium
Moscow controls almost half the world¡¯s capacity to separate the uranium isotopes needed in reactors.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a high-level meeting on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty in New York on Monday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Sep 24, 2024
Japan and 11 other countries call for early start of fissile material ban talks
High-level representatives from 12 countries stated that a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty will significantly contribute to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation.
A uranium stone. Russia is the world's largest exporter of enriched uranium.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 18, 2024
U.S. probes uranium imports from China amid concerns over Russian ban
The U.S. banned Russian enriched uranium in December 2023 as part of an effort to disrupt Russia¡¯s ability to fund its war on Ukraine.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours a facility for producing weapons-grade nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2024
North Korea unveils images of uranium enrichment facility for first time
The pictures could give outside experts a better understanding of how many and what types of nuclear weapons the North has produced.
Construction near Mailuu-Suu in the Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan. Dams in Kyrgyzstan holding uranium mine tailings have become unreliable after a 2017 landslide.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 24, 2024
Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland
One more earthquake or landslide, and dams in Kyrgyzstan holding back radioactive waste water could burst, rendering the area uninhabitable.
Barrels stored at the Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill uranium production facility in Utah
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 11, 2024
Uranium firms revive forgotten mines as price of nuclear fuel soars
Mines were idled in the aftermath of Fukushima, when uranium prices crashed and countries like Germany and Japan initiated plans to phase out reactors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2023
China¡¯s imports of Russian uranium spark fear of new arms race
China¡¯s burgeoning capacity to expand its atomic weaponry comes as the last remaining treaty limiting the strategic stockpiles of the U.S. and Russia is on the verge of collapse.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023
Iran has uranium particles enriched to nearly bomb grade, IAEA says
Iran has been enriching uranium well over the limits laid down in a landmark 2015 deal with world powers, which started to unravel when the United States withdrew from it in 2018.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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