But Prime Minister Kishida says that he will “adhere to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles.”
In other words, even if Japan were subjected to a third nuclear attack, it would not retaliate with nuclear weapons,
Quite some time ago, an elderly female professor at the Royal Ballet School of Monaco, who was held in tremendous respect by prima ballerinas throughout the world, came to Japan.
These are the words she spoke at that time about the reason for the existence of artists.
“Artists are important because they are the only beings capable of shining light on concealed, hidden truths and expressing them.”
No one would object to her words.
It is no exaggeration whatsoever to say that Masayuki Takayama is not only the one and only journalist in the postwar world, but also the one and only artist in the postwar world.
On the other hand, many of those called writers, such as Oe, Murakami, and Hirano, and those who imagine themselves to be artists, are not even worthy of the name of artist.
This is because, far from shining light on concealed, hidden truths and expressing them, they are merely people who have expressed the lies created by The Asahi Shimbun and others.
Beings like them must exist in the same way not only in Japan, but also in countries throughout the world.
In other words, true artists exist only in extremely small numbers.
This book also painfully proves the correctness of my assertion that no one in the world today is more deserving of the Nobel Prize in Literature than Masayuki Takayama.

“Japan Can Be Destroyed with Three Nuclear Weapons”
Takayama
Then, assuming that China thinks America is strong, does it think Japan is weak?
Seki Hei
Japan has a certain degree of strength, but they must nevertheless believe that it is no match for China.
From their perspective, they can destroy Japan with a single nuclear strike.
Japan has no ability to retaliate.
Japan is a country with a small land area in which industry and the population are densely concentrated.
Keihanshin, Chukyo, and Tokyo—with three strikes, Japan is finished.
Moreover, they would have no hesitation whatsoever about using nuclear weapons against Japan.
Takayama
That is truly frightening, but if they launched a missile at Tokyo, the U.S. Yokota Air Base and the headquarters of the U.S. forces would also be destroyed.
There are also many of their own people there, including overseas Chinese.
Seki Hei
No, once they decide to do it, they will do it regardless of U.S. military bases or anything else.
Because Japan has no ability to resist, they underestimate it.
Regrettably, that is the reality.
Even now, Japan is a country that cannot even discuss nuclear weapons, is it not?
Takayama
Indeed. What China truly is.
All that is discussed is Japan–China friendship, and on top of that, neither the newspapers nor the field of education hesitate to speak ill of Japan.
There are far too many mass-media organizations that do nothing but speak ill of their own country.
Simply suggesting that Japan should discuss nuclear weapons provokes a backlash.
Seki Hei
If China decides to launch a nuclear attack against Japan, it will consider it acceptable even if the lives of Chinese people living in Japan are sacrificed.
That is the kind of government the Chinese government is.
They would say, “You left China of your own accord and are living in a country like that, so it cannot be helped if you die.”
Takayama
During the war in Ukraine as well, Chinese people were in Ukraine, yet China did not protect them.
Some defend China by saying that it could not have predicted the invasion in advance, but Xi Jinping had been told about it by Putin, so under normal circumstances China should have protected them.
But it is not a country that shows consideration for its own people.
There are approximately 300,000 Chinese permanent residents in Japan, and if Japan and China exchange fire, those 300,000 people will become hostages.
The logic of the Chinese government is, “It cannot be helped—you are trying to make money in a country like Japan.”
The Chinese government is not as naive as the Japanese.
Takayama
Even so, when you consider that they could silence Japan with only three strikes, it is terrifying.
Seki Hei
They genuinely believe that.
It is not a complete delusion.
When you consider that, Japan must also possess a nuclear deterrent.
Japan must change its awareness of nuclear weapons.
Precisely Because Japan Is “the Only Country to Have Suffered Atomic Bombings,” It Has the Right to Possess Nuclear Weapons
Takayama
The phrase “Japan is the only country to have suffered atomic bombings” is often used as a mantra.
America detonated the bombs 500 meters above the urban areas of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It conducted a human experiment to determine how mass killing could be carried out most effectively, and this was presumably because Japan was a non-white country.
Approximately 200,000 lives were taken. Eighty percent of them were noncombatant women and children, constituting a clear violation of international law.
Nevertheless, America has never apologized and continues to pile lie upon lie even now, claiming that it had no choice but to do so in order to make the aggressor nation of Japan cease its acts of war.
Japan was made the prey of such nuclear bombs.
That is the meaning of “the only country to have suffered atomic bombings.”
Therefore, including the right to retaliate with nuclear weapons against America, which continues to lie without apologizing, the correct context should continue as follows in order to prevent any country from again subjecting Japan to a nuclear attack: “Japan, as the only country to have suffered atomic bombings, has the right, ahead of any other country, to possess the nuclear weapons necessary to prevent it.”
Seki Hei
That is precisely why Japan has the right to possess nuclear weapons.
Think about it. If Japan had possessed nuclear-armed missiles capable of reaching the American mainland in 1945, the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would not have occurred.
At that time, America alone possessed nuclear weapons, and that is why two bombs were dropped.
Takayama
Exactly!
But Prime Minister Kishida says that he will “adhere to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles.”
In other words, it is virtually equivalent to declaring of his own accord that even if Japan were subjected to a third nuclear attack, it would not retaliate with nuclear weapons.
Seki Hei
Prime Minister Kishida’s attitude is utterly unacceptable.
There may be a consideration that he cannot explicitly advocate nuclear possession because his electoral district is Hiroshima, an atomic-bombed city, but that cannot take precedence over the lives and property of the Japanese people.
“Japan” is unquestionably more important than “Hiroshima.”
Takayama
That is right.
There may also be the political calculation that he wants to hold the summit in Hiroshima next year, but we cannot have him being preoccupied with such a thing.
Seki Hei
He should recognize the position he occupies and the responsibilities it entails.
Although this is an issue involving national security and the lives and property of the people, if he merely pays lip service and does not translate his words into actual action, that is a crime.
Some people say that Japan is safe because it is protected by America’s nuclear umbrella, but even if Japan were subjected to a nuclear attack, would America drop a nuclear weapon on China while prepared to face retaliation from China?
It probably would not.
If it did, America itself would be subjected to retaliation.
Takayama
Japan must, after all, properly secure its right of retaliation.
Ultimately, that is what it all comes down to.
That is why Mr. Abe advocated “nuclear sharing,” but that debate has made no progress whatsoever.
Komeito’s election slogan was “Move Japan Forward,” but it has not moved forward at all. (Laughs.)