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Under its post-World War II pacifist Constitution, Japan has strictly refrained from arms exports for decades, resolving never to be a nation that encourages conflict or allows its weapons to be used to kill people.
“[The Japanese have] a pretty clear view of where they’re going; they’re heading towards becoming a nuclear power in five years.” - Henry Kissinger, April 2023.
Like in a spy novel, they decided to call themselves Dr. Jones and Mr. Yoshida so they could phone each other as many times as necessary from their respective countries the United States and Japan without revealing their real identities to telephone operators.