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UN Deputy Flags Japan's Militarism Amid Taiwan Strait Provocation

4/28/2026

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Deputy UN Ambassador Sun Lei warned that Japan’s right-wing security policy revives militarism, citing new weapons exports and missile deployments.
Japan’s destroyer JS Ikazuchi sailed through the Taiwan Strait, which China called a deliberate provocation.
Vice-Foreign Minister Ayano Kunimitsu told the UN Security Council that tensions in the East and South China Seas are concerning and opposed forceful status-quo changes.

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Deputy UN Ambassador Sun Lei warned that Japan’s right-wing security policy revives militarism, citing new weapons exports and missile deployments.
Japan’s destroyer JS Ikazuchi sailed through the Taiwan Strait, which China called a deliberate provocation.
Vice-Foreign Minister Ayano Kunimitsu told the UN Security Council that tensions in the East and South China Seas are concerning and opposed forceful status-quo changes.