Bloomberg Japan should discuss a possible sharing of nuclear weapons similar to that of Nato members in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday. Nato’s nuclear sharing arrangements let the U.S. keep its nuclear weapons in Europe under its custody. “Many people in Japan probably don’t know about the system,” Abe ...

  Bloomberg North Korea followed up January’s record barrage of missile tests with the firing of a suspected mid-range ballistic rocket on Sunday, ramping up tensions as global attention is focused on Ukraine. The projectile reached an apogee of about 600 kilometers (375 miles) and flew at a range of about 300 km before splashing down in waters outside of ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “a profound turning point in European history.” It’s also been a dramatic wake-up call for her successor as chancellor and prompted a rapid and remarkable shift in German policy on several major fronts. Olaf Scholz — the Social Democrat who took over from Merkel in December —was widely criticized by opponents and ...