Authorities in the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki will follow example of Hiroshima to not invite representatives of Russia and Belarus to the annual ceremony commemorating victims of US atomic bombing on August 6, Japanese media reported on Thursday

The United States is the only nation to use all kinds of weapons of mass destruction against other sovereign nations, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday

Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin said on Monday that the Japanese government should address its statements on the inadmissibility of the use of nuclear weapons to Washington

The Japanese government is considering the request of 11 prefectures, including Tokyo, to place them under tougher COVID-19 restrictions as Omicron cases continue to grow, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, citing sources

The Japanese government welcomes a joint statement by Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and France on the inadmissibility of an arms race and prevention of nuclear war, as the document gives a stimulus to secure the world without nuclear weapons, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said