‘Japan should possess nuclear weapons’, an unnamed senior government official suggests?Arab News Japan

Khaldon Azhari TOKYO: In comments that have sent shock waves in Japan, on Thursday (December 18), a senior official at the Prime Minister’s Office told local reporters that “Japan should possess nuclear weapons,” because of the “severe security situation” around the nation, including China’s growing nuclear power, Russia’s nuclear threats, and North Korea’s nuclear program. The unnamed official, who advises Prime Minister TAKAICHI Sanae on security issues, also questioned whether the U.S. nuclear protection can truly be trusted. For these reasons, he said, “In the end, we can only rely on ourselves.” His remarks were disseminated by prominent Japanese media…