Koizumi calls on Japan to break taboo, debate nuclear weapons | The Asahi Shimbun

Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has called for open debate on nuclear weapons in national security policy, citing European precedent following Russia's Ukraine invasion and pointing to planned security document revisions by year-end. The remarks challenge Japan's postwar Three Non-Nuclear Principles and signal the government may move towards reconsidering its historical no-nukes stance.