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Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament Policy and the U.S. Security Umbrella pp 13–41Cite as

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The Watershed

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This chapter shows that the Japanese government has adopted an accommodating response to the general unwillingness of the United States to move forward with nuclear disarmament. Nearly in tandem with Washington, the Japanese government has accepted Washington’s undercutting of the nuclear nonproliferation regime’s main objective—the elimination all nuclear weapons. What is more, Tokyo showed no sustained dissatisfaction with Washington’s withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and has increasingly involved Japan in the U.S.-initiated missile defense system. All of this has occurred, despite Tokyo’s repeated public proclamations affirming Japan’s strong commitment to the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

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Difilippo, A. (2006). The Watershed. In: Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament Policy and the U.S. Security Umbrella. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230600720_2

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