Japan's new PM may take on old taboo: hosting US nuclear weapons

Some voices in Takaichi's government favor changing long-standing principle

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has long called for rethinking Japan's principle of not allowing nuclear weapons into the country. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)

JUNNOSUKE KOBARA

TOKYO -- There are signs that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government is open to rethinking one of the three principles that keep nuclear weapons out of Japan, a move that could ultimately open the door for the U.S. to deploy them.

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