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China warns Japan's nuclear push threatens NPT credibility

5/6/2026

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Shen Jian, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, warned Japan’s nuclear armament moves threaten Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) credibility.
Shen Jian addressed the NPT review conference in New York on May 4, 2026, urging stronger non-proliferation and accusing Japan of revising its pacifist constitution to seek allied nuclear weapons deployment.
Shen Jian called on states to pull overseas weapons home and warned that US-UK-Australia submarine cooperation transfers nuclear material outside multilateral frameworks.

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Shen Jian, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, warned Japan’s nuclear armament moves threaten Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) credibility.
Shen Jian addressed the NPT review conference in New York on May 4, 2026, urging stronger non-proliferation and accusing Japan of revising its pacifist constitution to seek allied nuclear weapons deployment.
Shen Jian called on states to pull overseas weapons home and warned that US-UK-Australia submarine cooperation transfers nuclear material outside multilateral frameworks.