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		wheelerof4te on March 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first ti... I don't believe that US will allow Japan to become nuclear. Though, russian actions might have made them desperate.

0des on March 28, 2022 [–]

> I don't believe that US will allow Japan to become nuclear.

Why?

wheelerof4te on March 28, 2022 | [–]

It would become too independent.

Plus, it has a very powerful economy. Currently, it is occupied by the US, which bombed it in the past with nuclear weapons.

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