Japan’s Nuclear Choices After Ukraine
TODA INSTITUTE
APLN member Masakatsu Ota, Senior and Editorial writer at Kyodo News, discussed the status of Japan’s commitment to the three non-nuclear principles, alternative approaches to upholding the peace constitution and geopolitical relationships within Northeast Asia. Has anything changed with a new Japanese Prime Minister at the helm and what are polls of public opinion revealing about the mood of the Japanese population particularly in the light of heightened nuclear rhetoric since the Russian invasion of Ukraine?