BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — The Japanese authorities ought to take heed to the decision of the folks, fulfill the nation’s obligation below worldwide regulation of not accepting, producing, possessing or proliferating nuclear weapons, and cease taking part in with fireplace on the difficulty of nuclear weapons, a Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson stated on Friday.
Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks when answering a question relating to a latest survey performed by the Japan Association for Public Opinion Research.
The survey confirmed that 76 p.c of individuals in Japan help upholding the nation’s three non-nuclear ideas of not producing, possessing or permitting nuclear weapons on its territory. The survey additionally discovered that 77 p.c of the respondents imagine Japan shouldn’t pursue nuclear sharing, an association below which the United States would station nuclear weapons in Japan.
The reality that almost 80 p.c of individuals in Japan help upholding the three non-nuclear ideas and oppose nuclear sharing speaks to the Japanese public’s overwhelming and clear-cut opposition to possessing nuclear weapons, stated Lin, including that it additionally displays how a lot the Japanese public cherishes peace and prosperity which has not come straightforward.
Recent strikes by these operating the Japanese authorities to clamor for “nuclear option” and search to violate the three non-nuclear ideas solely reveal the inflating political and navy ambitions of Japanese right-wing forces, who’re playing with the way forward for over 100 million Japanese folks, stated Lin.
“The will of the people must not be defied,” Lin stated, noting that the Japanese authorities shouldn’t repeat the fallacious path of miscalculating the historic development and appearing in opposition to the folks’s will for peace.