일본 정부, 오바마 핵선제 불사용 선언 검토에 대해 우려 전달하겠다

일본정부가 오바마의 핵무기정책 변경(즉, 핵선제불사용no-first-use) 검토에 대해,, 우려를 전달하기 위해 협의를 진행하겠다고...
,,,실제로 일본정부는 6자회담 과정에서 미국의 북한에 대한 NSA(소극적 안전보장, 핵위협도 핵공격도 하지 않는다)제공에 반대한 바 있다(일본 언론들이 보도)

 "Japan wants to hold talks with the United States to relay its strong concern over the “no first use” policy for the U.S. nuclear arsenal that is being considered by Washington. "
"The landmark shift in policy would undermine the credibility of the nuclear deterrence provided to Japan and other allies under the U.S. nuclear umbrella(...)"

--- Japan Times

"오바마, 임기말 핵 정책 변경 추진"…'선제 불사용' 명시되나

http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/07/11/0200000000AKR20160711156300009.HTML?input=1195m

연합뉴스 송고시간 | 2016/07/11

칼럼니스트 조시 로긴은 10일(현지시간) 워싱턴포스트(WP) 기고문에서 오바마 대통령이 임기 말에 핵 정책의 변화를 준비하고 있다고 말했다. 로긴은 "최근 국가안보국(NSA) 멤버들이 핵 정책과 관련한 행정명령 선택지들을 검토하기 위해 두 차례 모임을 가졌다"며 공화당이 장악한 의회의 승인 없이 가능한 행정명령 카드를 오바마 대통령이 만지작거리고 있다고 강조했다.

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핵실험 금지 유엔 결의안·핵무기 현대화 예산 축소, 핵 정책에서 획기적인 변화가 될 '선제 불사용'(No first use)이 선택지에 포함됐다고 설명했다. (...)

Japan Times

Japan seeks talks with U.S. over ‘no first use’ nuclear policy change

Jul 15, 2016

Japan wants to hold talks with the United States to relay its strong concern over the “no first use” policy for the U.S. nuclear arsenal that is being considered by Washington, Japanese government sources said Friday.

Opponents are worried that the landmark shift in policy would undermine the credibility of the nuclear deterrence provided to Japan and other allies under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, the sources said.

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to decide by the end of this month on whether to declare the policy shift to rule out a nuclear strike unless attacked by an adversary with nuclear weapons, a U.S. government source said.

Following his historic visit in May to Hiroshima, the first city devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945, Obama appears keen to push for the policy change.

Obama called for a world free of nuclear weapons in an address in Prague in 2009.

The policy change could be shelved depending on the reaction of allies such as Japan that rely on U.S. nuclear deterrence, analysts said.

Immediately after the plan was reported Monday in a column in The Washington Post, the Japanese government contacted the U.S. government and was told that no first use was one of a set of nuclear policy options being considered.

Among the five recognized nuclear powers, China is the only country that has a declared no first use nuclear policy. The other four are Britain, France, Russia and the United States.

Subsequently, the government started brainstorming on the policy’s ramifications for Japan’s security, with the Foreign Ministry asking Washington for bilateral talks to specifically discuss the matter, the sources said.

The issue was also raised during a regular dialogue on nuclear deterrence involving defense and foreign officials of Japan and the United States held for two days in Tokyo from July 11.

Based on discussions within the government so far, the sources said a majority is opposed to the policy change.

“From the (standpoint of) Japan’s security, it is unacceptable,” a senior government official close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.

Atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki expressed anger over the government’s opposition to Obama’s move, saying such action “puts a damper on efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons” and is “unforgivable.”