A source within Japan's prime minister's office said Thursday that the country needs nuclear weapons, remarks that deviate from the country's long-standing non-nuclear principles and could trigger backlash at home and abroad.
Not exactly, or at least not insofaras repealing article 9 (I think is the one). Japan has done a lot of “this isn’t what it looks like and you can’t prove it’s not what we say it is” as a strategy for building things they probably “shouldn’t”.
Not exactly, or at least not insofaras repealing article 9 (I think is the one). Japan has done a lot of “this isn’t what it looks like and you can’t prove it’s not what we say it is” as a strategy for building things they probably “shouldn’t”.