Japan Nuclear Weapon Program or the Mishina was conducted during World War II. Like the German Nuclear Weapons Program, it suffered from an array of problems, especially the failed heavy water experiment and was ultimately unable to progress beyond the laboratory stage before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrender in August 1945.
Despite unable to create nuclear weapons, Japan managed to advance nuclear physics to successfully build several nuclear power plants in the country.
Before Transference to the New World[]
Before transference, Japan's nuclear energy infrastructure and capability makes it capable of constructing nuclear weapons at will. The de-militarization of Japan and the protection of the United States' nuclear umbrella have led to a strong policy of non-weaponization of nuclear technology, but in the face of nuclear weapons testing by North Korea, some politicians and former military officials in Japan are calling for a reversal of this policy but they failed.
After Transference to the New World[]
After the transference to the New World and many hostile encounters, the Japanese Diet approves the revival of Japanese nuclear weapons program that is stopped since WW2 to strengthen the country's military and deal with unknown threats, especially the Ravernal Empire.
According to Yomoya, the first ever Japanese-made tactical nuclear bomb is near-completed and schedule for testing in the near-future.
Trivia[]
- While there are currently no known plans in real life Japan to produce nuclear weapons, it has been argued that Japan has the technology, raw materials, and the capital to produce nuclear weapons within one year if necessary, and many analysts consider it a de facto nuclear state for this reason. For this reason, Japan is often said to be a "screwdriver's turn" away from possessing nuclear weapons, or to possess a "bomb in the basement".