Japan's nuclear daydream must be stopped

Japan openly says they want nuclear weapons. The remark, from a senior official involved in shaping Japan's national security policy, was not a slip of the tongue. It was a calculated trial balloon, testing how much the world would tolerate. However, the provocation backfired. China, Russia, and the DPRK issued stern warnings, the United States poured cold water on the idea and domestic critics pushed back.

For decades, Japan has quietly repackaged militarism through constitutional reinterpretation and military expansion. When a country that once carried out mass killings across Asia, yet has never truly confronted its crimes, now dares to dream of nuclear weapons, the international community will not — and must not — tolerate it.