Japan ruling parties open security strategy talks

Japan’s ruling parties opened their first working-level talks on revising the country’s security strategy by year’s end. The Japan Innovation Party wants the revision to address the longstanding ban on bringing nuclear weapons into Japan and the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, while the Liberal Democratic Party omitted both from its June recommendations. Participants said the issues were not substantively discussed at the meeting.

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