Purported suggestion by Japanese official on nuclear arms draws condemnation
發佈日期: 2025-12-21 20:32
TVB News
According to an earlier Kyodo News report, a senior Japanese official involved in devising security policy under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government, told media that Japan should possess nuclear weapons.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that possessing nuclear weapons would "never be beneficial for Japan."
He said that Tokyo would then have to withdraw from Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
He noted that it would in turn affect Japan's nuclear policy, which supports its energy needs, making it unviable.
The purported statement from the unnamed senior official also drew condemnation from North Korea, with its state media KCNA condemning the suggestion as something that should be "thoroughly curbed".
China's Xinhua news agency also commented that "the international community must respond with a clear and firm voice" against the idea.
