Japan eyes high-level talks on U.S. nuclear umbrella

 

Japan eyes high-level talks on U.S. nuclear umbrella: defense minister

TOKYO -- Japan will seek to establish a cabinet-level dialogue with the U.S. as early as this year on extended deterrence, or the American commitment to use nuclear and conventional forces to deter attacks on allies under the "nuclear umbrella," Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said. 

 The United States' nuclear umbrella is a foreign policy tool to deter nuclear attacks against our allies or deter coercive behavior backed by the threat of nuclear attack. It is offered as part of a multi-lateral security treaty in Europe, and offered bilaterally to key partners in the Asia-Pacific theater.