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Japan and South Korea face the nuclear question they have spent forty years avoiding

An Asia-region debate long confined to think-tank seminars is back in public view: should US allies Japan and South Korea ever build the bomb? A new regional survey shows support is rising, even as both governments insist it is not.

Adrian Kowalczyk · Monexus Geopolitics desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·19 Jun 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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This article tracks the South China Morning Post's framing of the Japan–South Korea nuclear debate and reads it against the regional balance: extended deterrence under strain, North Korea's arsenal as a forcing function, and a public opinion shift that has not yet translated into policy. Where the reporting identifies a trend, the analysis treats the trend as a trend.

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