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US objects to Japan’s plans for Rokkasho nuclear reprocessing
Japan Daily Press ^ | May 2, 2013

Posted on 05/03/2013 5:45:06 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

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1 posted on 05/03/2013 5:45:06 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...

A huge chunk of domino block is falling down on China, and mostly, they have themselves to blame


2 posted on 05/03/2013 5:48:00 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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if US soooooo concerned about japan making plutonium maybe japanese sell to iran and all good


3 posted on 05/03/2013 5:54:45 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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Japan and South Korea must develop nuclear weapons as soon as possible to counteract Chinese military power.


4 posted on 05/03/2013 5:55:13 PM PDT by maro (what did the President know and when did he know it?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Do I worry about Pakistan? Yes, I do. They're crazy and they might use or sell the weapons they have.
Worry about North Korea? Yes, I do. They're crazy and they might use or sell the weapons they have.
Worry about Iran? Yes, I do. They're crazy and they might use or sell the weapons they will soon have.

Worry about Japan? I don't think so. More than any other nation, Japan is likely to use restraint. They would nuke someone only as an absolute last resort.

5 posted on 05/03/2013 5:56:28 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: maro

I think Japan has had them for quite some time. The US pacification was not that thorough. For every 100 Anime Nerds there is a Shogun ancestor that didn’t get the memo. And all those ‘heavy industries’ aren’t just building prototype Gundam statues.


6 posted on 05/03/2013 5:58:21 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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i think the development is over they just have to say oh look what we found


7 posted on 05/03/2013 5:58:36 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Japan may loathe the idea of nuclear weapons for obvious reasons, but with the decline of America as a credible ally and deterrent to China, Japan needs all the plutoniun it can make.

They should ignore Washington as it has been taken over by lunatics.


8 posted on 05/03/2013 5:59:04 PM PDT by henkster (I have one more cow than my neighbor. I am a kulak.)
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Oh be assured. They will.


9 posted on 05/03/2013 5:59:40 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Japan likes the fast breeder reactor type, which requires enriched plutonium. It probably really is just for civilian use. This is probably just the Obama administration being incompetent again.


10 posted on 05/03/2013 6:03:59 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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Japan may loathe the idea of nuclear weapons for obvious reasons, but with the decline of America as a credible ally and deterrent to China, Japan needs all the plutoniun it can make.

They should ignore Washington as it has been taken over by lunatics.

They know they're on their own. I agree with you, they should ignore Washington, just like N Korea and Iran always have.

Any ally of ours needs to be fully prepared to defend themselves, alone.

11 posted on 05/03/2013 6:07:04 PM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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Please don't let this happen.

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12 posted on 05/03/2013 6:10:08 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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They should ignore Washington as it has been taken over by lunatics.

ditto
13 posted on 05/03/2013 6:12:10 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Our USA economy and power are decreasing more rapidly than most people are allowed to see. The ROK and Japan should build their own nuclear forces.


14 posted on 05/03/2013 6:16:03 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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"Japan may loathe the idea of nuclear weapons for obvious reasons,"

The Japaneses are not stupid. They know the casualties they took during the battle for Okinawa. The two bombs dropped on Japan allowed a surrender without loosing too much face AND without taking a million plus dead.

Of course, you still have that hideous green glow at night in the Hiroshima & Nagasaki areas, the gnarled grotesque trees, the three headed rats running everywhere and above all the 2 meter long cockroaches which all resulted from the lingering radiation poisoning.

/sarc

Hiroshima Peace Park


15 posted on 05/03/2013 6:16:21 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Why shouldn’t Japan reprocess? Let them! Just think, look at it from their perspective. How can they continue to count on America’s umbrella of defense? The pace at which America is decaying, they might rightfully question whether America will even exist twenty years from now. Much less be in any position to assist them in some grave regional threat. I wouldn’t blame them one bit.


16 posted on 05/03/2013 6:29:02 PM PDT by greene66
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Since Japan already has between nine and 40 tons of weapons grade plutonium (depending on who you talk to, so I’d say the horse is already out of that particular barn.

Plus, it is highly unlikely that Abe is going to listen to anything coming from the Obama administration since it has been policy for at least 30 years to encourage Japan to spend MORE on defense, with a lot of winking and hinting that strategic arms research would not be unduly troubling.

All of this is really a moot point. Japan has undoubtedly produced excellent designs for warheads, has access to all the technology it needs for delivery systems, and I’d bet any amount of money anyone is willing to wager that they have already acquired or prefabricated components — which have been carefully stashed for when they might become necessary.


17 posted on 05/03/2013 6:32:24 PM PDT by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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The pace at which America is decaying, they might rightfully question whether America will even exist twenty years from now.

Hm, I don't know... I rather think there's a good chance of something sparking a CWII -- In that case there's going to be a lot of question as to which side will win.

18 posted on 05/03/2013 6:52:12 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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In the event of CWII, who do you see getting involved in the conflict.


19 posted on 05/03/2013 7:25:03 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Japan has bought and paid for a continuous security protective from the US for nearly 70 years. Now it wants a lower US presence on its islands.

Time for Japan to chart its own course.


20 posted on 05/03/2013 7:26:04 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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