WHITE HOUSE: Keith Sonderling sworn in as U.S. labor secretary.

China's Ministry of National Defense said Prime Minister Takaichi's recent policy speech signalled plans to revise Japan's three security documents by year-end to substantially strengthen defence, and that Tokyo is reportedly considering adding discussion of nuclear-powered submarines. Spokesman Colonel Chen Xi said Japan, despite post‑WWII obligations to eliminate militarism, is using alleged regional security threats as a pretext to accelerate remilitarization, seek gradual loosening of the Three Non‑Nuclear Principles and push security policy in a more offensive, expansionary and risky direction. Beijing warned the resulting "new militarism" is mutating out of control and poses a direct challenge to the post‑war international order, the nuclear non‑proliferation regime and regional peace and stability.

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