Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 20 (Reporters Wu Mengtong and Cao Jiayue) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press conference on the 20th that the Japanese ruling authorities' wrong choice of deviating from the pacifist constitution and accelerating "remilitarization" is unpopular.If the Japanese ruling authorities continue to misjudge the situation on the nuclear issue, insist on revising the "Three Non-nuclear Principles" and introduce allied nuclear weapons for deployment in Japan, they will eventually pay a heavy price.

A reporter asked: According to reports, since the Takaichi Sanae government came to power, 82 local councils in Japan, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have submitted submissions to the central government or the National Assembly, demanding that the Takaichi City Government adhere to the "Three Non-nuclear Principles" or legalize them.Previously, the Japan Reform Association of Japan's ruling coalition proposed to the Japanese government to discuss modifications to the "Three Non-nuclear Principles."What is China’s comment on this?

Lin Jian said that Japan’s local parliament’s strong call to adhere to the “Three Non-nuclear Principles” reflects public opinion yearning for peace, indicating that the Japanese ruling authorities’ wrong choice of deviating from the pacifist constitution and accelerating “remilitarization” is unpopular.The Japanese ruling authorities must not go their own way or go against the current on the nuclear issue.

Lin Jian pointed out that since Sanae Takaichi came to power, the ambition of Japan’s right-wing forces to revive militarism, break through the "three non-nuclear principles", and move toward independent nuclear ownership has been fully exposed, and they are rushing forward on the wrong path.If the Japanese ruling authorities continue to misjudge the situation on the nuclear issue, insist on revising the "Three Non-nuclear Principles" and introduce allied nuclear weapons for deployment in Japan, it will not only be a serious provocation to the post-World War II international order and the international nuclear non-proliferation system, but will also violate Japan's own peace commitments and defy the general public opinion in Japan. It will eventually pay a heavy price for it.

"Japan is a non-nuclear-weapon party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Not to accept, not to manufacture, not to possess, and not to proliferate nuclear weapons is Japan's irrefutable and non-shirkable international legal obligation. There is no room for bargaining by Japan." Lin JianSaid, "Takaichi Sanae also reiterated its adherence to the 'Three Non-nuclear Principles' in February this year. The Japanese representative who attended the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in May repeatedly confirmed that it will not change its position on the 'Three Non-nuclear Principles'. The international community will wait and see."

Lin Jian said that China calls on the international community and all peace-loving people in Japan to urge the Japanese ruling authorities to earnestly fulfill their obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, completely abandon "remilitarization" and attempts to acquire nuclear weapons, stop promoting the revision of the "Three Non-nuclear Principles", stop so-called "extended deterrence" cooperation with other countries, promise not to seek to introduce allied nuclear weapons, and immediately take effective measures to solve the serious imbalance between supply and demand of sensitive nuclear materials, so as to win the trust of Asian neighbors and the international community with practical actions.