Debate on nuke arms, deterrence should not be suppressed: Abe

Debate on nuke arms, deterrence should not be suppressed: Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in the Diet in reply to Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa on Nov. 8. Abe indicated that discussions on nuclear arms and deterrence should not be stifled, implicitly endorsing controversial calls by some of his Cabinet and party leadership for debate on whether Japan should go nuclear. The premier said that recent controversial remarks by Foreign Minister Taro Aso were ''comments concerning debate regarding nuclear arms, not statements that Japan should possess nuclear arms.''

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