China released an official report on Thursday stating that Japan “may already have produced weapons-grade plutonium in secret” and “has the technological and economic capabilities to achieve nuclear armament in a short period of time”. The report assessing Japan’s nuclear threat cited former US president Joe Biden’s direct message to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Japan had the capacity to have nuclear weapons “virtually overnight”. Biden first disclosed the information in an interview with...

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure Japan is a client state, but its entire political class have eagerly bought in to the idea, and the main opposition to it within the ruling party is only on the grounds that they should get to do imperialism of their own again.

I feel like japan is pretty far down on the "Should get nukes" list. At least with the current regime.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it's like, I would want an independent Japan, not a vassal one, but also the only people in Japan who are pushing for that are right wing nationalists who want to restore the Japanese Empire.