{"id":38056,"date":"2026-09-14T09:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=38056"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:06:11","slug":"japans-submarine-debate-signals-break-from-nuclear-taboos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=38056","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s submarine debate signals break from nuclear taboos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Japan-Submarine.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Japan is edging closer to a once-unthinkable choice: whether nuclear propulsion should underpin its next generation of undersea deterrence. 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