Fumio Kyuma KYODO PHOTO

Fumio Kyuma told a Lower House national security committee that despite Japan's anti-nuclear weapons policy, such an act may have to occur in extreme cases. Japan -- the only country to be attacked by a nuclear weapon -- has a three-pronged policy of not possessing, developing or allowing nuclear weapons on its territory.

Passage by U.S. warships carrying nuclear weapons without prior notification is "unavoidable in case of emergency," Kyuma said.

The Japan Times Weekly: Dec. 2, 2006
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