(Click Image to Enlarge)YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 25, 2008) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) form the phrase “Hajimemashite,” which means “Nice to meet you” in Japanese, as they arrive at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. George Washington and Carrier Air Wing 5 will be operating from Fleet Activities Yokosuka as the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis (Released)
From Foreign Policy Blog:
The opposition Democratic Party of Japan -- currently leading in the polls -- has a decent chance of unseating the ruling Liberal Democratic Party after more than half a century of nearly uninterrupted rule. But judging from this interview with the DPJ's Secretary General Katsuya Okada in Mainichi Shimbun, a DPJ victory might have some unexpected consequences for U.S. national security. According to Okada, the DPJ will release details of secret bilateral security agreements between the United States and Japan, including one that allows U.S. shipscarrying nuclear weapons to dock at Japanese ports:
Problems involving the secret agreement on Okinawa must be discussed by Japan and the U.S. The existence of the secret agreement on bringing nuclear weapons to Japan means that Japan secretly endorsed the introduction of nuclear arms into Japan's territory despite its three non-nuclear principles banning it.
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My Comment: In today's dangerous world .... China conducting a massive arms race, North Korea conducting missile and nuclear tests, and an economic crisis that is continuing .... a future Japanese Government will want to focus on this?
I doubt it. It makes great political theater .... but there will be no benefit to anyone if they should decide to go down this path.