#FMSays# Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Friday called on Japanese authorities to listen to insightful views from Japan's ruling and opposition parties to repair bilateral ties. Lin made the remarks at a regular news briefing when asked to comment on media reports that a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers will visit China next week in an apparent move to help mend strained bilateral ties. "We note that some insightful figures from Japan's ruling and opposition parties are deeply concerned about the current state of #China-##Japan# relations and hope to make efforts to put bilateral ties on the right track," Lin said. Japanese authorities should listen to and take seriously these voices, abide by all the principles set forth in the four political documents between China and Japan, and take concrete actions to create the necessary conditions for normal exchanges between the two countries, he said.

🇯🇵🇨🇳 | Japan wants nukes? Tensions escalate further in East Asia as Japan expresses intentions to acquire nuclear weapons. "Japan will pay a heavy price," China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian warned Tokyo, urging it to abandon the path of remilitarization. The Takaichi government is breaking a 70-year nuclear taboo, declaring that Tokyo can no longer avoid confronting the question of nuclear weapons. Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi openly weighed the option of stationing US nuclear assets at Japanese bases. The so-called "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" bind Tokyo to never producing, possessing, or permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons onto Japanese territory under any circumstances. The right-wing attacks against Japan's binding "pacifist" constitution are fueling tensions in East Asia, which have been escalating since the Takaichi government came to power. Analysts have repeatedly pointed out that Japan is taking the spearhead position in a new US doctrine in East Asia, making non-stop militarization of its allies in the region a policy to encircle China. Japan still faces strong domestic resistance to breaking with the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, as many Japanese citizens retain painful memories of the devastation caused by nuclear weapons.