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Because the US has nukes, and promises to defend Japan against hypothetical future Chinese aggression. I think it was during the GWB administration that the US
by dave4420 3y ago
Because the US has nukes, and promises to defend Japan against hypothetical future Chinese aggression.
I think it was during the GWB administration that the US suggested it might move its nukes out of Asia. Japan (and S Korea and Taiwan) hinted that in that case they might seek to develop nukes of their own. The US then backtracked.