The Foreign Ministry on Japan's nuclear policy stance: Do not go against the tide on the Three Non-Nuclear Principles

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on July 20 that recent calls by local Japanese assemblies to uphold the “Three NonNuclear Principles” reflect public opinion in Japan in support of peace, and also show that the ruling authorities’ push for related policy adjustments is unpopular. Lin Jian said that, as a nonnuclearweapon state party to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Japan has international legal obligations not to accept, produce, possess, or proliferate nuclear weapons. China believes that if Japan continues to push for amendments to the “Three NonNuclear Principles” and discusses introducing and deploying allied nuclear weapons in Japan, it will undermine the postWorld War II international order and the nuclear nonproliferation regime, and will also go against Japan’s commitment to peace. China calls on the international community and peaceloving people within Japan to continue urging Japan to fulfill its international obligations, stop advancing “remilitarization” and nuclearweaponrelated moves, and address the concerns of its Asian neighbors and the international community through concrete actions.