Is Japan About To Get Nukes?
Simon Whistler · December 13, 2025 · 23 min video · China & Indo-Pacific
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My country, Japan, has reached historic crossroads. It must develop nuclear weapons because it really does not have a choice. These words were written by former New York Times editor Barry Gowan, and they would have been unthinkable almost a decade ago.
Today, they represent a growing dilemma for the Japanese people, whether or not the nation should acquire a nuclear weapon. Japan is the only nation in the world to experience the devastation of a nuclear attack. As such, it has long embraced pacifism as part of its post-World War II identity.
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution outlaws war as a means of solving disputes involving the state and has been sacrosanct to politicians and the public alike for decades. The principle is so deeply ingrained that any politician who so much has hinted at touching it rude. An international order in flux.
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