We SHOULD be finding ways to get the Japanese to take on more of their OWN defense. I say, give them nukes!
History has a nasty habit of repeating itself in ever evolving patterns and forms.
We should say to the Chinese: "Evrything has a cost. And the cost to you of allowing the NK's to have nukes, is that we will allow the Japanese and the Taiwanese to also have nukes, with Western-quality missiles that can reach Beijing and the Three Gorges Dam