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Japanese Leaders Break Taboo by Discussing Nuclear Weapons, Angering China
Original: Japanese Leaders Provoke China by Daring for the First Time To Talk About Nuclear Weapons
Japanese leaders have for the first time openly discussed nuclear weapons, a step that has drawn sharp criticism from China. The conversation touches one of the most sensitive taboos in postwar Japan, which has long committed to its three non-nuclear principles, and Beijing views the shift as a provocation with implications for regional security.
Why now: Discussion of nuclear weapons by Japanese leadership breaks a decades-long taboo and strains already tense relations with China.
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- Japanese Leaders Provoke China by Daring for the First Time To Talk About Nuclear Weapons · The New York Sun
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