{"id":17292,"date":"2025-12-25T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/ukraine-gaza-taiwan-the-more-unstable-the-world-becomes-the-more-people-in-japan-dislike-thinking\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:04:49","slug":"ukraine-gaza-taiwan-the-more-unstable-the-world-becomes-the-more-people-in-japan-dislike-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/en\/ukraine-gaza-taiwan-the-more-unstable-the-world-becomes-the-more-people-in-japan-dislike-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Gaza, Taiwan &#8211; the more unstable the world becomes, the more people in Japan dislike &#8220;thinking&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17292\" class=\"elementor elementor-17292 elementor-16967\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6970258 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6970258\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69b22c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69b22c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe world is clearly unstable right now.<br><br>\u25cf In Ukraine, the invasion is prolonged.<br>\u25cf In Gaza, retaliation is cascading.<br>\u25cf In the Taiwan Strait, tension has become a daily occurrence.<br><br>Neither the United Nations, international public opinion, nor ideals have been enough to stop the war.<br><br>And yet, in Japan,<br>there is one topic that is &#8220;shut down before it&#8217;s even considered.&#8221;<br><br>&#8212; Nuclear weapons.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc1f91 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8fc1f91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a4af7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59a4af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Reality is moving,\" but Japan is standing still<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e671406 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e671406\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548cdfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"548cdfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhenever former Air Staff Chief Toshio Tamogami makes a statement about nuclear weapons, he is always met with criticism.<br><br>&#8220;It&#8217;s dangerous.&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;It&#8217;s inappropriate.&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;Don&#8217;t talk about that now.&#8221;<br><br>But ironically, it&#8217;s the countries that aren&#8217;t talking about that right now that are being dragged into this reality.<br><br>Ukraine has abandoned its nuclear program.<br><br>The whole world is watching the results.<br><br>This isn&#8217;t sentimental; it&#8217;s a recent, ongoing reality.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b467dd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b467dd6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8087f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8087f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/464541991.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16842\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/464541991.webp 720w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/464541991-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/464541991-330x220.webp 330w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/464541991-420x280.webp 420w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/464541991-615x410.webp 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0224318 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0224318\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5dc846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5dc846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Tamogami is saying is not a \"conclusion\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-126a1db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"126a1db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f18584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f18584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe important thing here is what Tamogami is not saying.<br><br>He is not saying:<br><br>\u25cfGet nuclear weapons now<br>\u25cfPrepare for war<br><br>No, that&#8217;s not it.<br><br>What he consistently says is:<br><br>&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me not to think.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053c934 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"053c934\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d42f3a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d42f3a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The rational choice to take on the role of the villain<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0744197 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0744197\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f4daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11f4daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf he talks about nuclear weapons,<br>he will be criticized. He will be isolated. He will be misunderstood.<br><br>As a former senior officer in the Self-Defense Forces,<br>he knows this better than anyone.<br><br>But he still speaks because<br>if someone doesn&#8217;t take on the &#8220;losing role,&#8221;<br>the country will remain in a state of permanent mental paralysis.<br><br>This is not a populist statement.<br>Rather,<br>he is raising an issue that comes at the expense of his own reputation.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e33f367 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e33f367\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85adc60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85adc60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eprs-briefing-608720-understanding-nuclear-weapons-ballistic-missiles-final.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16935\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eprs-briefing-608720-understanding-nuclear-weapons-ballistic-missiles-final.webp 1000w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eprs-briefing-608720-understanding-nuclear-weapons-ballistic-missiles-final-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eprs-briefing-608720-understanding-nuclear-weapons-ballistic-missiles-final-768x554.webp 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eprs-briefing-608720-understanding-nuclear-weapons-ballistic-missiles-final-860x620.webp 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cebf06f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cebf06f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e6abbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e6abbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nuclear weapons are not an \"ideal\" but they are a \"reality\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c55d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"81c55d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1e5e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1e5e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNuclear weapons are not an ideal.<br><br>Everyone agrees that they would be better off without them.<br><br>But at the same time,<br><br>\u25cf Nuclear-weapon nations avoid direct war with each other.<br>\u25cf Non-nuclear nations are more likely to be intimidated.<br><br>The reality is also true.<br><br>This is not an ideology.<br><br>Recent international events demonstrate this fact on a daily basis.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296cbcd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"296cbcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa1ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6aa1ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">As a nation that was bombed, we cannot turn a blind eye to reality<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7516db5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7516db5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1246d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa1246d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are heavy.<br>That is why the topic has been suppressed in Japan.<br><br>But with the world in such turmoil right now,<br>is choosing not to think about it really peaceful?<br><br>As a country that was the victim of atomic bombings,<br><br>we have a responsibility to consider how we can realistically maintain a situation in which nuclear weapons are never used again.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fd57e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0fd57e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db41b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db41b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-1024x640.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16860\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-2048x1280.png 2048w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-0617-860x538.png 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f6b84 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77f6b84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd07f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cd07f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion: This is not a nuclear story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7556f34 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7556f34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c025f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73c025f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is not a question of whether or not to have nuclear weapons.<br><br>It is a question of whether Japan should be the only country that stops thinking while the world is moving forward.<br><br>It is not a question of &#8220;have nuclear weapons.&#8221;<br><br>It is a question of &#8220;don&#8217;t tell us not to think.&#8221;<br><br>Tamogami Toshio&#8217;s remarks quietly call into question whether Japan is a country that can continue to think for itself, amidst the increasingly unstable global situation these days.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is clearly unstable right now. \u25cf In Ukraine, the invasion is prolonged.\u25cf In Gaza, retaliation is cascading.\u25cf In the Taiwan Strait, tension has become a daily occurrence. Neither the United Nations, international public opinion, nor ideals have been enough to stop the war. 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