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PM Kishida rules out Japan’s possession of nuclear weapons

PM Kishida rules out Japan’s possession of nuclear weapons

February 25, 2022 (Mainichi Japan)   TOKYO — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ruled out the possibility of Japan possessing nuclear weapons as part of the “capacity to strike enemy bases” that his government is seeking to acquire.

At a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on Feb. 24, Kishida said, “The three non-nuclear principles (of not possessing, not producing and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons) are our national policy. There are no options of using or possessing nuclear arms.”……………………..   https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220225/p2a/00m/0na/018000c

February 26, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics, weapons and war