{"id":310338,"date":"2025-12-22T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=310338"},"modified":"2025-12-20T06:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T06:45:15","slug":"the-ai-responds-to-the-following-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/12\/the-ai-responds-to-the-following-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"The AI Responds to the Following Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. On Kijuro Shidehara\u2019s Pacifism<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. On the Majority of the Japanese People\u2019s Possible View Over Nuclear Armament<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Reasons Why the Political Leaders of the Major Powerful Countries Are Tend to Depend on Nuclear Deterrence Rather Than Efforts for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

    On 18 December 2025, one of the senior government officials of Japan claimed that Japan should be armed with nuclear weapons<\/a>.[i]<\/a>\u00a0 This timing, coincidentally or not, was important that his off-the-record<\/em> comment was reported approximately one month and a half after the Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi\u2019s statement over Taiwan.[ii]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 While Takaichi\u2019s statement was formal, the senior official\u2019s comment was informal, both of which are, it can be interpreted, combined to indicate a certain direction that Japan has begun to tread gradually being away from pacifism.[iii]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Besides, China and Japan are disputing over the Senkaku\/Diaoyu Islands[iv]<\/a> and the South China Sea<\/a>[v]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    On one hand, however, the Japanese government \u201cofficially<\/em>\u201d[vi]<\/a> [vii]<\/a>\u00a0 has maintained the three non-nuclear principles<\/a>;[viii]<\/a> [ix]<\/a> on the other hand, however, it seems that this country has already begun to discuss the possible nuclear armament<\/a>.[x]<\/a> [xi]<\/a><\/p>\n

    Which stance of the Japanese government is true?\u00a0 There is an old saying, \u201cDeeds, not words.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, see. \u2192 \u201cJapan won’t join U.N. meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for U.S. deterrence<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Then, will Japan become one of the nuclear weapon possessing countries<\/a> one day?[xii]<\/a> [xiii]<\/a><\/p>\n

    It is no wonder, therefore, even if some people both in Japan and abroad think that Japan\u2019s pacifist era is about to end.[xiv]<\/a>\u00a0 Some of the hibakushas<\/a> in Hiroshima and Nagasaki might have uttered, \u201cEt tu, Iaponia?<\/em>\u201d, instead of \u201cEt tu, Brute?<\/em>\u201d[xv]<\/a> [xvi]<\/a><\/p>\n

    The next day, I asked some relevant questions to the Google AI, because I wanted to know what the AI would answer to the questions I asked, mentioned in PART ONE<\/strong>, PART TWO<\/strong> and PART THREE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    PART ONE<\/strong> is about Kijuro Shidehara[xvii], one of the very main architects of the Article 9 of the \u201cConstitution of Japan<\/a>\u201d. This is the constitution, which has been called, a \u201cPeace Constitution\u201d.[xviii]<\/a>\u00a0 Is the Article 9 unrealistic in the contemporary international situations?\u00a0 If Shideha were alive today, what would he respond to such criticism?<\/p>\n

    PART TWO<\/strong> is about the majority of the Japanese people\u2019s possible views over Japan\u2019s armament with nuclear weapons, in accordance with the AI.<\/p>\n

    PART THREE<\/strong> is about the reasons of the tendency that the political leaders of the major powerful countries are tend to rely on nuclear deterrence for the defense of their countries and for making peace in the long-run rather than the effort for nuclear abolition.<\/p>\n

    Although it may not be very wise to understand or interpret the AI\u2019s response without rigorous critical thinking, the AI\u2019s views could be used as a kind of reference(s) for one to think about the relevant issues and\/or questions.\u00a0 Needless to say, the AI can be effective when it is used as a tool to assist, provoke and\/or inspire one\u2019s thinking, neither as a tool for one to skip his or her thinking over the relevant issues nor as the replacement of one\u2019s thinking<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    I hope that this article will work well for the promotion of debates and discussions to bring about a lasting peace to this very dangerous contemporary world.[xix]<\/a><\/p>\n

    The questions I asked and the AI\u2019s responses to them are mentioned below.<\/p>\n

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    PART ONE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If Kijuro Shidehara Were Alive Today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    (1) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As <\/u><\/strong>one of the senior officials of the Japanese government says that Japan should possess nuclear weapons<\/strong><\/a>, if <\/u><\/strong>Kijuro Shidehara<\/strong><\/a> were alive today, what would he say to that?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    (2) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If Shidehara’s views are criticized as unrealistic in the contemporary world, what would he rebut to that?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Note: For the convenience of the reader, the text of the Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan was added in the Italic letters.<\/p>\n

    The AI\u2019s Reply:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Quote:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Kijuro Shidehara, a key figure in the drafting of Japan’s pacifist post-World War II constitution, would be a strong opponent of\u00a0Japan\u00a0possessing nuclear weapons. He advocated for a foreign policy based on\u00a0pacifism, international cooperation, and economic prosperity through non-military means, as encapsulated in the war-abolishing<\/a> Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Text of the Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Article 9.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
    \nIn order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.<\/em><\/p>\n

    If Shidehara were alive today:<\/strong><\/p>\n