Imminent review of national defense strategies a litmus test for pacifism
Japan's diesel-electric submarine Soryu, pictured in September 2014: Japan should hold onto its legacy as a peace-loving nation by sticking to conventional submarines. (Handout photo from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) © Reuters
Kosuke Takahashi is Tokyo correspondent for Janes Defence Weekly.
After Australia, as well as North Korea, decided to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, and as South Korea shows great interest in procuring its own nuclear submarines, is it time for Japan to do the same?
