#Japan #military #nuclear Should Japan develop nuclear weapons?

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Should #Japan develop #nuclearweapons? #military #JSDF

Shinzo Abe is Japan's longest serving post-war prime minister. Abe has begun saying loudly and publicly that Japan should, indeed, think seriously and urgently about nuclear weapons. What we are talking about here is a fundamental break with Japan's post-war commitment to pacifism - something enshrined in its post-war constitution. But it's no coincidence this call-to-arms has come just as Russia has invaded Ukraine. For those, like Abe, who have long yearned for a fully re-armed Japan, the invasion of Ukraine serves as a useful example of what can happen to countries that don't defend themselves properly against bigger, better armed, and more aggressive neighbors. Richard McGregor of the Lowy Institute in Sydney and author of Asia's Reckoning believes Abe thinks the time is right to push genuine debate in Japan and get on to the serious work of really trying to persuade the Japanese public.
Abe's call for a nuclear debate was met with outrage from atom bomb survivors' groups in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (who is from Hiroshima) was quick to slap down his predecessor, calling Abe’s suggestion "unacceptable". But Abe is an astute politician. He knows Ukraine has come as a huge shock, and he knows the Japanese public is worried about an unpredictable nuclear-armed North Korea and an increasingly aggressive China.
Professor Yoichi Shimada is a conservative academic and long-time friend and advisor to Shinzo Abe. "He thinks it's imperative for Japan to have some kind of independent attacking power against China or North Korea," Professor Shimada says. "And that includes possibly a nuclear arsenal. But he also knows it would be suicidal for any politician to advocate for Japan to have nuclear weapons, so he wants to activate the debate. "The official position of the Japanese government now is to rely on US extended (nuclear) deterrents. But Japan doesn't allow the United States to deploy nuclear weapons in Japan. That, frankly, is selfish." And so, Abe is not suggesting Japan build its own nuclear weapons. He's suggesting it borrow some from America.

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