North Korea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions

[Heraclitus]

How long do you think it will be before Japan acquire its own nuclear weapons in the face of the threat from the DPRK should there existance of weapons there become accepted?

Japan is the only nation in the world that has actually had to endure an atrocity such as an nuclear attack. You are underestimatin the effect this has on Japanese public opinion. Also Japan is still not very militarised due to the legacy of WW2 if I remember right their ministry of defence is only a few years old (though it has de facto existed for decades).


Also why would a nuclear Japan be more unacceptable than a nuclear Great Britain or France? Isn't Japan an ally of the US? And why is a democracy having nuclear weapons more acceptable than a country such as China or Pakistan having nukes?


Also just because NK has nukes this dosen't mean the entire region will rush to get them. Look at Israel and its effect on the ME.

[Heraclitus]

Also Japan is almost a defacto nuclear state, I think if they needed them they could get them built in a matter of months.

[DinoDoc]

Japan is the only nation in the world that has actually had to endure an atrocity such as an nuclear attack. You are underestimatin the effect this has on Japanese public opinion.

North Korean Atomic Tests Lift Lid on Japan’s Nuclear ‘Taboo’

Also Japan is still not very militarised due to the legacy of WW2...

They have the 24th largest army in the world with a budget of over 40 billion.

Also why would a nuclear Japan be more unacceptable than a nuclear Great Britain or France?

You are the one neglecting the power of history here. I personally wouldn't care but the region itself might.

[Jon Miller]

Japan is like worse than Hitler's Germany as far as many of the neighboring nations feel.

JM

[Winston]

"We do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the west in the direction of Hawaii," Gates said.

Indeed, they may be more advanced than previously thought.

[Kuciwalker]

The PRC would go nuts about a nuclear Japan.

That said, it's not going to happen as long as they're under our umbrella.