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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (484418)	5/29/2009 9:20:48 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574127

Sure they could. And now they might become a nuclear power.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (484418)	5/29/2009 9:56:25 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574127

"Do you seriously think Japan doesn't have or could not quickly have a nuke arsenal.." Japan has a HUGE stockpile of plutonium, already refined to a high degree. physorg.com They could have weapons in a few months at most. They may have some already produced, just waiting for the plutonium - it would be only sensible. fas.org ..."Having renounced war, the possession of war potential, the right of belligerency, and the possession of nuclear weaponry, it held the view that it should possess only the minimum defense necessary to face external threats. The Japanese government values its close relations with the United States, and it remains dependent on the United States nuclear umbrella. During the Sato cabinet in the 1960's, it is reported that Japan secretly studied the development of nuclear weapons. On 17 June 1974, Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata told reporters that "it's certainly the case that Japan has the capability to possess nuclear weapons but has not made them." This remark aroused widespread concern in the international media at that time. Japan's nuclear power program based on reprocessed plutonium has aroused widespread suspicion that Japan is secretly planning to develop nuclear weapons. Japan's nuclear technology and ambiguous nuclear inclinations have provided a considerable nuclear potential, becoming a "paranuclear state." Japan would not have material or technological difficulties in making nuclear weapons. Japan has the raw materials, technology, and capital for developing nuclear weapons. Japan could possibly produce functional nuclear weapons in as little as a year's time. On the strength of its nuclear industry, and its stockpile of weapons-useable plutonium, Japan in some respects considers itself, and is treated by others as, as a virtual nuclear weapons state."