🤔 On December 20, 2025, in a live TV chat, former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shut down talk of Japan building nuclear weapons, saying it would “never be beneficial for Japan.”
His comments followed a December 18 Kyodo News report quoting a senior security policy official under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggesting Japan should consider acquiring nukes. That idea immediately sparked strong criticism across political and public circles.
Ishiba warned that if Japan moved forward, it would have to withdraw from key international agreements: <ul margin-left:20px;"=
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Former Japanese PM Ishiba: Nuclear weapons would never benefit Japan
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