Is it time for Japan to have nuclear arms? Trump uncertainty sparks debate

Tokyo would face public opposition, delivery challenges to achieving deterrence

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U.S. President Donald Trump has complained about the U.S. shouldering the burden of defending allies. © Reuters

RIEKO MIKI and JUNNOSUKE KOBARA

TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's grievances about the cost of defending American allies have raised the question of whether Japan should reconsider the long-rejected option of possessing its own nuclear weapons.

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