Plutonium

China's PLA Daily published a rare full-page report on Monday claiming Japan holds an "astonishing" stockpile of nuclear materials and the technology to produce weapons. It stated that Japan had separated 44.4 tonnes of plutonium by the end of 2024, enough for about 5,500 nuclear warheads. The report warned that if Japan fully breaks free from its Three Non-Nuclear Principles, it "could become a de facto nuclear-armed state in an extremely short period of time."