CHINA spokesperson CHINA, at a regular briefing, rebutted comments by JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTER KOIZUMI that Japan lacks nuclear weapons and strategic bombers while China possesses both and criticizes Japan. CHINA said Japan is a World War II defeated state and a non‑nuclear‑weapon state under the NPT, must not abandon its exclusively defensive policy or acquire nuclear weapons — an international legal obligation — and said Japanese politicians need to 'brush up on history and legal principles'. Th

CHINA spokesperson CHINA, at a regular briefing, rebutted comments by JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTER KOIZUMI that Japan lacks nuclear weapons and strategic bombers while China possesses both and criticizes Japan. CHINA said Japan is a World War II defeated state and a non‑nuclear‑weapon state under the NPT, must not abandon its exclusively defensive policy or acquire nuclear weapons — an international legal obligation — and said Japanese politicians need to 'brush up on history and legal principles'. The spokesperson also previously responded to Tokyo's discussion of acquiring nuclear‑powered submarines.