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North Korea has apparently tested its first nuclear device. There are concerns this could spark a regional arms race with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan also moving to acquire nuclear weapons.
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North Korea has apparently tested its first nuclear device. There are concerns this could spark a regional arms race with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan also moving to acquire nuclear weapons.
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While Monday's explosion in North Korea apparently generated a small seismic wave detected around the region, the geo-political tremor could be enormous.
Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Tomohiko Taniguchi acknowledges that there is some sentiment in Japan for the country to develop its own nuclear weapons.
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"There is a number of politicians, political pundits, opinion holders in Japan that are saying that if indeed North Korea goes nuclear, Japan has to think about its own future strategy."
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Such speculation was long taboo in Japan, the only nation to undergo a nuclear bombing. But North Korea's one-day barrage of missile test launches last July brought to the surface what was once spoken mainly in private.
Pyongyang's announcement Monday that it had exploded a nuclear device is likely to make such talk more commo...
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North Korea's claimed test of a nuclear device has raised fears that North Korea's non-nuclear neighbors will be compelled to develop their own such weapons. Steve Herman reports from Tokyo that where there is no agreement on how likely is such a scenario.
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