Japan Must Develop Nuclear Weapons...

... warns Tokyo mayor

by David McNeill - March 8th, 2011 - The London Independent

Tokyo's outspoken [Mayor] says his country, which suffered history's only nuclear attack, should build nuclear weapons to counter the threat from fast-rising China.

In an interview with The Independent, Shintaro Ishihara said Japan could develop nuclear weapons within a year and send a strong message to the world.

Another nation seeks nuclear weapons, this time an ally. One more consequence of an American President that is so clearly unwilling to defend our allies that none of them trust us any longer.