November 11, 2026

TOKYO - A senior Japanese government official said Tuesday that nuclear weapons should be allowed to be brought into Japan in emergencies, in remarks on revising the country's three key security documents, Kyodo News reported.

The official told reporters that it is necessary to explicitly include the view that, as an exception to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, nuclear weapons should be allowed into Japan in emergencies. The specific wording will be discussed within the ruling bloc, the official said.

Japanese media reported on Nov 5 that, in updating the three security documents, the Japanese government is inclined not to directly revise the Three Non-Nuclear Principles of "not possessing, not producing and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons" for now. Instead, it is leaning toward explicitly stating an exception that would allow nuclear weapons to be brought into the country in emergencies.

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