{"id":11522,"date":"2025-12-22T11:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=11522"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:00:11","slug":"north-korea-warns-japan-not-to-seek-nukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/north-korea-warns-japan-not-to-seek-nukes\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea warns Japan not to seek nukes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A senior adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly told journalists last week that Japan needs nuclear weapons<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Korea has lashed out at Japan after a senior official reportedly suggested that the country needs nuclear weapons. In a statement published by state media on Sunday, Pyongyang warned that allowing Japan to acquire nuclear weapons would result in “a great disaster.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The remarks come after controversy was sparked last week by a senior adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who told reporters that Japan may need to reconsider its post-WWII non-nuclear policy as reliance on the US nuclear deterrent may no longer be sufficient, as reported by NHK.<\/p>\n

The off-the-record comments, described as personal views, quickly went viral, raising questions about Tokyo’s official position.<\/p>\n

“The Japanese ruling quarters are openly revealing their ambition to possess nuclear weapons, going beyond the red line for a war criminal state,”<\/em> the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “This is not a misstatement or a reckless assertion but clearly reflects Japan’s long-cherished ambition for nuclear armament.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Foreign Ministry said the official’s remarks “clearly show Japan’s bellicose and aggressive nature.”<\/em> It called Japan “double-faced”<\/em> for promoting a nuclear-free world while “working hard to go nuclear behind the scenes,”<\/em> and urged the global community not to allow Japan to proceed with its plans.<\/p>\n

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko earlier warned that abandoning Japan’s non-nuclear stance would worsen security in Northeast Asia and provoke countermeasures from countries “threatened by that militarization.” <\/em>Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the remarks, if true, are “extremely serious”<\/em> and “expose the dangerous scheme by some people in Japan to break international law.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The remarks also drew criticism in Japan from both the ruling and opposition parties, as well as the atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo.<\/p>\n

Japan reaffirmed its commitment on Friday to maintain non-nuclear status, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara telling a news conference that Tokyo will continue pursuing measures “to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Japan is the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack after the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing an estimated 210,000 people. After World War II, it joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and pledged not to possess, manufacture, or deploy nuclear weapons, relying instead on the US nuclear umbrella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A senior adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly told journalists last week that Japan needs nuclear weapons North Korea has lashed out at Japan after a senior official reportedly suggested that the country needs nuclear weapons. In a statement published by state media on Sunday, Pyongyang warned that allowing…<\/p>\n

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