# A fractured consensus: Beware of Japan's nuclear ambitions

https://mins.news/en/item/17743

- CGTN, 2026-08-09 06:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-09/A-fractured-consensus-Beware-of-Japan-s-nuclear-ambitions-1PsFCORh3ji/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> August 6 and 9 mark the 81st anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Debate over nuclear policy is intensifying inside Japan. Polling indicates that 76% of Japanese respondents still support the postwar Three Non-Nuclear Principles. The figures point to continued public backing for the principles even as the wider policy debate grows sharper.

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