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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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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This December 1977 file photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada, who admitted in an interview in 1981 that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960.

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This undated photo shows an audiotape of an Oct. 14, 1981, interview with former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada conducted by academic Yoshihisa Hara. Yamada admitted that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960.

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Bust of Japan's 1st official brewery founder unveiled in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - The bust of Murahashi Hisanari, a 19th century government official who built Japan's first public brewery in Sapporo, is unveiled Sept. 23 during a ceremony in the garden at the Hokkaido governor's official residence.

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Bust of Japan's 1st official brewery founder unveiled in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - The bust of Murahashi Hisanari, a 19th century government official who built Japan's first public brewery in Sapporo, is unveiled Sept. 23 during a ceremony in the garden at the Hokkaido governor's official residence. (Kyodo)

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This undated photo shows an audiotape of an Oct. 14, 1981, interview with former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada conducted by academic Yoshihisa Hara. Yamada admitted that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960. (Kyodo)

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Gov't lied about Japan-U.S. nuclear pact: ex-diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - This December 1977 file photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada, who admitted in an interview in 1981 that the government had lied regarding its position on the transit of U.S. nuclear weapons after signing a secret bilateral pact on the matter in 1960. (Kyodo)

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Machida Hisanari

Machida Hisanari==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)