11月14日,日本政府为回应一名议员的提问而发表了一个引人注目的声明,声称:尽管日本无意拥有核武器,但宪法允许日本拥有自卫所需要的最低水平的核武器。声明解释说:“从纯法律的观点看,即使是宪法第九条也没有禁止国家拥有自卫所需的最少量的核武器……即使拥有核武器,我们也明白拥有它们不一定就违反了宪法,只要保持在上述的限制之内。” On 14 November, in response to a question from a member of the parliament, the Japanese government issued a compelling statement stating that although Japan has no intention of possessing nuclear weapons, the constitution allows Japan to have the lowest level of nuclear weapons needed for self-defense. The statement explained: “From a purely legal point of view, even the Article 9 of the Constitution does not prohibit the country from possessing the minimum amount of nuclear weapons necessary for its own self-defense.... Even with nuclear weapons, we also understand that having them does not necessarily violate the constitution, Keep within the above limits. ”