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Is Japan About to Hit Its Nuclear Tipping Point?

ROCKET MEN

Tokyo almost built a bomb in 1945 and now has enough plutonium stockpiled for 5,000 nukes. North Korea may give its hawkish government an excuse to build them.

Jake Adelstein

Published Feb. 15 2018 5:24AM EST

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Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

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