**Japan needs cluster bombs for self-defence **
Saturday, May 26, 2007
TOKYO: Japan backed the use of controversial cluster bombs on Friday, arguing it needed them to defend itself, as countries around the world are trying to push through a declaration banning the weapons.
Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma said that Japan would never use cluster bombs to attack other countries, but was stockpiling them to prevent invading forces from landing on its shores.
“The reason why cluster bombs have become an issue is because cluster bombs are used by the aggressor,” Kyuma told reporters. “For the defence side, there aren’t any good alternatives to them.” “In the case of Japan, it will never attack others under the current constitution. It’s 100 percent certain that Japan will not use cluster bombs for offensive purposes,” he said. …
Man, if the Americans take their leash off those little Japanese, they’ll go around attacking everyone in Asia again like some Jooj Ya Majooj.