Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that Japan should possess the capability of building a nuclear weapon. Japantoday.com

As Energy Minister David Mahlobo forces his nuclear power plans into action, officials at his department are working weekends to finalize the country’s reviewed integrated energy resource plan – four months ahead of schedule.  News24.com

US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday, his first stop on a whirlwind 12-day tour of Asia that promises to be dominated by rising fears of a nuclear North Korea and a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vietnam. France24.com

The UK government’s top priority is to agree arrangements with the European Union related to energy – particularly nuclear energy – that are as close as possible to current arrangements, the country’s energy minister last week told a parliamentary inquiry into Brexit and the UK’s energy security. World-nuclear-news.org