Some people in Japan have advocated adopting nuclear arms and attacking enemy bases following DPRK's nuclear test and missile launch, according to a report by Kyodo News Agency on July 2 reported by Global Times correspondent Zhao Xueliang.

The report also said that officials involved in China-US relations have disclosed that China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expressed his concerns over the issue to his Japanese counterpart Hirofumi Nakasone at a talk held in Tokyo in June.

China has alleged to Japan's nuclear armament to the US on a number of bilateral occasions according to the report. Japanese government officials pointed out that this may be the first time that a Chinese ministerial-level official has directly expressed concern about the issue, indicating that China's concern has reached an unprecedented level.

Yang expressed China's strong opposition to the DPRK conducting nuclear testing and possessing nuclear weapons, and stressed the importance of safeguarding peace and stability in Northeast Asia at the China-Japan foreign ministers' talk held on June 7.

He also referred to the emergence of theories of nuclear armament and attacks on enemy bases in Japan.

In response, Hirofumi Nakasone explained that Japan's attitude has not changed and implored China to exert more pressure on the DPRK, while seeking understanding.

The US is concerned that Japan's nuclear armament will trigger an arms race in Asia. It hopes to calm the nuclear armament theory in Japan by reaffirming the nuclear umbrella under the Japan-US alliance.

Some members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party believe that it is necessary to possess the capacity to attack DPRK missile bases. Their arguments and theories have attracted attention from all sides.

By People's Daily Online