Japan mulled possessing nuke weapons in 1958

Japan mulled possessing nuke weapons in 1958

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows (from L) former Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II. Japanese officials in 1958 discussed an option for the country to possess ''defensive'' nuclear weapons as protection against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and conveyed those talks to the United States, declassified U.S. archives showed March 16, 2013. That year, MacArthur told a meeting with U.S. defense and state department officials that then Japanese Prime Minister Kishi believed it was ''essential'' for Japan to have nuclear arsenals and Yamada, then Japan's vice foreign minister, told the envoy that Japanese Foreign Ministry officials discussed whether Tokyo should study and reach a decision on acquiring defensive nuclear weapons.

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