Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has not ruled out this Thursday varying the country’s historic anti-nuclear stance -outlined in the so-called three principles- according to national security needs, on the day marking 81 years since the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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Takaichi emphasized that Japan continues to “immutably” firmly defend the three anti-nuclear principles and that it will promote a world without this type of weapon “realistically and practically,” although the government is considering reconsidering these premises according to security needs.
“It is premature to comment on the final version of the text, as we are in the process of reviewing the documents before the end of the year,” the prime minister said at a press conference after participating in a memorial ceremony in Hiroshima for the 81 years since the U.S. attacks, Kyodo News reports.
Before speaking to the media, Takaichi met with survivor associations, who expressed their discomfort with the government’s idea of reviewing the anti-nuclear policies Japan adopted after World War II due to the national trauma caused by the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The three anti-nuclear principles that have governed Japanese policy since then include renouncing possession, production, and import of atomic weapons. However, some voices within the country’s right-wing spectrum, including Takaichi’s, have advocated abandoning the third premise.
