Japan's nuclear ambition isn't hypothetical anymore

日本的核野心不再是假设性的了。

The Point with Liu Xin

2026-05-01

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A working paper from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns that Japan's recent remarks and policy signals could challenge the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the post-war international order. At the same time, Japan appears to be revisiting its long-standing non-nuclear principles, raising questions about where its security policy is heading. So what's driving this shift and why does it matter far beyond the region?
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  • Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

  • This is The Point.

  • Nuclear weapons for a country that has committed the worst wartime atrocities in living memory.

  • Atrocities it's still yet to atone for.

  • Well, as Japan looks to be considering abandoning its non-nuclear principles,

  • this could be exactly what we 're looking at.

  • Responding to this concerning shift, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday issued the working paper

  • on the issue of Japan's nuclear armament.

  • According to the paper, Japan's problematic remarks and moves pose a grave challenge and blatant provocation

  • to the world's nuclear non-proliferation regime order.

  • How exactly is Japan inching ahead with nuclear armament?

  • What tricks is it using to deceive the world and why should the world,

  • not just the region, Welcome to this edition of The Point with me,

  • Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you live from Beijing.

  • I'm pleased to be joined from Toronto, Canada by Alex Liu, South China Morning Post columnist from Malacca,

  • Malaysia by Peter Chang, former Deputy Director of the Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya

  • and Research Associate of Malaysia-China Friendship Association.

  • Also here in the studio.

  • By Zhang Gong, Professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics,

  • and Ina Tangen, Senior Fellow of the Center for International Governance Innovation.