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"#Japan is surrounded by several nuclear-armed neighbors and depends on US extended deterrence rather than its own nuclear deterrent"
"In 2017, former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed hosting US nuclear weapons on Japanese soil..."
"[but] Japanese public opinion remains opposed to nuclear weapons acquisition"
https://asiatimes.com/2023/06/japans-nuclear-weapon-dilemma-growing-more-acute/
🔸Old article, but still very relevant. Japan has to strengthen the taboo & disincentives of using nuclear weapons or it'll face some unpalatable choices