Japan’s Dependence on US Questioned as Medvedev Warns of ‘Ronin’ Future

Medvedev’s remarks underscored the strategic risk of Japan’s close ties to Washington. He warned that if the United States were to withdraw support, Japan could become a "ronin" – a leader without a patron. The Russian official also recalled that the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killed roughly 140,000 people by the end of that year, and that a second bomb fell on Nagasaki three days later, causing further devastation.