Tokyo must avoid seeking nuclear weapons and \u201cstop plunging further down the wrong path,\u201d Beijing says<\/p>\n
China has issued a warning to Japan after a senior official reportedly suggested the country should acquire nuclear weapons, stating that such a move would once \u201cagain bring disaster to the world.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0
\nAn unnamed senior adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly argued late last week that Tokyo\u2019s long-standing reliance on the US nuclear arsenal may no longer be fully reliable. The country should potentially reevaluate its post-WWII non-nuclear policies and pursue its own deterrence, the official suggested, as cited by local media.\u00a0\u00a0
\nThe Chinese Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the reported nuclear talk, calling it yet another example of \u201chow Japanese right-wing forces are trying to \u2018remilitarize\u2019 and \u2018rearm\u2019 Japan.\u201d Beijing urged Tokyo to \u201cnot seek to challenge the postwar international order and stop plunging further down the wrong path.\u201d\u00a0
\n\u201cSome forces inside Japan have not only failed to reflect on Japan\u2019s history of aggression but also been extremely unhappy about the postwar international arrangement. If the right-wing forces in Japan are left free to develop powerful offensive weapons, or even possess nuclear weapons, it will again bring disaster to the world,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Beijing\u2019s warning echoed statements made by other neighbors of Japan in the wake of the reported nuclear weaponry remarks. North Korea has said that allowing Japan to acquire nuclear weapons would result in \u201ca great disaster,\u201d while Russia suggested that the drift away from Tokyo\u2019s non-nuclear stance would negatively impact security in Northeast Asia and provoke responses from countries \u201cthreatened by that militarization.\u201d\u00a0
\nThe reported remarks have also been poorly received within Japan, which remains the only nation that has ever been struck with nuclear weapons. The statements drew criticism from both the ruling and opposition parties, as well as the atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo.\u00a0
\nShortly after the remarks were circulated by the media, Japan\u2019s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara reaffirmed the country\u2019s commitment to maintain its non-nuclear status, stating that there were no policy changes in this regard. Tokyo will continue pursuing measures \u201cto achieve a world without nuclear weapons,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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