China's Foreign Ministry has fired a warning shot after a senior Japanese official suggested Tokyo should reconsider its nearly eight-decade ban on nuclear weapons in light of the worsening regional security environment.

North Korea said Japan's ambition for possession of nuclear weapons should be "thoroughly curbed," state media KCNA reported on Sunday. Japan is showing the intention to possess nuclear weapons explicitly by saying it needs to review the three non-nuclear principles,

A senior official at Japan's Prime Minister's Office has expressed the view that the country "should possess nuclear weapons." But the official acknowledged that reviewing the nation's Three Non-Nuclear Principles involves a huge political cost.

The nation said that Japan's nuclear ambitions "must be prevented at any cost", after a Tokyo official reportedly suggested the country should possess atomic weapons.

Japan reaffirmed its decades-old ‌pledge ​never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after ‌local media reported that a senior security official suggested the country should acquire them to deter potential ​aggressors.

The State Department called Japan “a global leader” and “valuable partner” on nuclear nonproliferation and advancing nuclear arms control.

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Japan has reaffirmed its decades-old commitment to the three non-nuclear principles after reports that a senior security official suggested acquiring nuclear weapons for deterrence. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara insisted policy remains unchanged,