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[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

China has already threatened Japan with nukes if they got involved.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/china-threatens-to-nuke-japan-if-country-intervenes-in-taiwan-conflict/news-story/d9af14dc6b90628082e79ab4c77629e1

In which case, most Japanese aren't going to risk frying themselves for a foreign nation.

Japan has already the capacity to build their own nukes however, so they don't have anything to worry about.

[–]negrogreBeing black is anti-white 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Being able to build nukes is not the same thing as having nukes at the ready.

They probably wouldn't risk it for the sake of helping out Taiwan, but they may risk it if it interferes with their own livelihood.