Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi's remarks come as the government weighs revising the country's decades-old pledge not to produce, possess or host nuclear arms.
This matters because diplomatic sequencing often reveals alignment changes before force posture does. Northeast Asia remains the region where alliance credibility and industrial depth collide most visibly.
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