Japan dismisses ’ridiculous’ Russian criticism of military buildup

Japan’s U.N. ambassador on Thursday dismissed as “ridiculous” Russia’s criticism ⁠of its military buildup at a time when Moscow was continuing its war against Ukraine in violation of the U.N. Charter.

On Tuesday, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the first session ​of a U.N. Security Council meeting on upholding ‌the U.N. ‌charter and strengthening multilateral cooperation that “remilitarization” in ​Germany and Japan was a dangerous threat to global security and was undoing the results of World War II.

Japan’s ⁠envoy, Kazuyuki Yamazaki, said Japan had always been faithful to the ⁠U.N. Charter and upheld international law, while Russia was “continuing its aggression against Ukraine in violation of ​the charter.”