As Japan strengthens its defense partnership and deterrence cooperation with the United States, it may face the risk of “dependence” on American nuclear weapons, the agency quoted Hidehiko Yuzaki, the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, as saying. Kyodo.
“I am deeply concerned about the growing dependence on nuclear weapons,” he stressed (quoted by RIA Novosti).
According to Yuzaki, such developments in relations between Japan and the United States increase the risk of the use of nuclear weapons.
July 28 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin statedThe United States reaffirms its determination to defend Japan by all military means, both conventional and nuclear.
At the same time, Japanese officials expressed the need to strengthen deterrence to “preserve international order” and maintain “freedom and openness” in the Indo-Pacific region.
Previously reportedThe US will establish a new military command in Japan.