Japan May Go Nuclear

Hiroshima After the Atomic Bomb Was Detonated

While the USA hopes that China will reign in North Korea, apparently some in Japan have another idea:

Japan girds its own defense amid rising tensions in Asia

USA Today – Dec 10, 2010

TOKYO — Japan’s usual quiet approach to tensions with its neighbors is giving way to more military exercises, critical statements and discussions of what was once unthinkable: development of a nuclear arsenal.

In recent weeks, Japan has issued blunt positions against North Korea and China over the North’s attacking of a South Korean island and China’s refusal to rein in its Korean ally.

This month, Japan refused to renounce its claim to islands to its south whose waters are rich in minerals and that China says is its property. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-12-10-korea10_ST_N.htm

The Bible warns of a time when the “kings of the sunrise” (Revelation 16:12; literal translation) will put together a massive army that will head towards Armageddon and Jerusalem.

Japan, which is a highly technologically developed nation, apparently is deciding that it needs to arm itself further. It is likely to be one the end time “kings of the sunrise” along with China, and probably Korea.

Even though Japan seems to now want to develop nuclear and other weapons to deal with threats in Asia, it will later apparently decide (according to Bible prophecy) that its biggest foe will be much further west.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters Where did the Chinese people come from? This article provides information showing that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel.
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God’s Witness in China When did Christianity first come to China? And is there early evidence that they observed the seventh day sabbath?
Asia in Prophecy What is Ahead for Asia? Who are the “Kings of the East”? What will happen to nearly all the Chinese, Russians, Indians, and others of Asia? China in prophecy, where? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon?
Korea in Prophecy, Any Witness? Where did the Korean people come from? Does God have a plan for the Koreans? Is Korea mentioned in any prophecies? Will Koreans be among the first in the Kingdom of God? 한국의 언어로 : 한국 예언, 모든 증인에?
Japan, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Any Witness? Where did the Japanese people come from? Have they had any witness?
Japan, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: Prophecy Japan in prophecy. What is prophesied for Japan? Will God save the Japanese?