RE: I think Japan needs to go nuke and soon.
Be careful what you wish for. This is a country that is still trying to whitewash the atrocities their soldiers committed during the second world war. They still refuse to acknowledge the atrocities of the RAPE OF NANJING.
The Chinese have done alot worse. How about 63 million of their own dead by the hands of Chairman Mao for starters.
Yes but all that is ancient history. Japan is not a rogue nation in the modern era. In the modern era there are only two rogue nations threatening to conquer other nations or large parts of their territory.
And let's not dismiss their murder and torture of thousands of American POW's. Or the deaths of millions of civilians. When I was stationed in Guam in the 80's there were still plenty of people who had first hand experience of Japanese brutality. Pretty much everyone had either first hand knowledge, or a story of a parent, grandparent, cousin or aunt/uncle who were murdered, raped or tortured by Japanese occupiers.
All that said, I don't expect we will have reason to fear a nuclear armed Japan, and don't think we should or would use our nuclear weapons to defend her. If Japan needs nuclear weapons to deter China, that's up to Japan.