Japan should debate going nuclear: ruling party MP (Reuters)

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Japan should debate going nuclear: ruling party MP

By George Nishiyama Sun Oct 15, 8:57 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan needs to discuss whether it should possess
nuclear weapons in response to North Korea's claimed nuclear test,
the ruling party's policy chief said on Sunday.

Shoichi Nakagawa, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Policy Research Council, said he believed Japan would adhere to its
policy of not arming itself with nuclear weapons, but added that
debate over whether to go nuclear was necessary.

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While some analysts have pointed out the possibility of Japan --
the only nation to suffer an atomic bombing -- seeking nuclear weapons
in response to North Korea's announced test, Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe has flatly rejected the idea.

And victims of the 1945 atomic bombing on Hiroshima by the United
States condemned Nakagawa's remarks.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061015/wl_nm/korea_north_japan_dc

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1. ...Taiwan, too, but shhhhh, don't tell China nt