Russia’s Nuclear Strategy in Northeast Asia

... response to North Korean nuclear tests, Japanese parliamentarians urged the government to consider whether the production of nuclear weapons would violate the Japanese constitution. The discussion was suppressed under U.S. influence in January 2007. Uncertainty ... ... 50 active reactors producing 30 per cent of all domestically consumed electricity [20] . A promising area of Japan’s nuclear power industry is the development of fast-neutron reactors (fast-breeder reactors), which are able to quickly regenerate ...