Beijing, China - Aug 28, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland）
1. Various of press briefing in progress, reporters
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Lin Jian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"During WWII, Japanese militarists developed and used chemical weapons on a large scale in China and other Asian countries, which constitutes a blatant violation of international law and has caused untold suffering on multiple countries. In China alone, there are more than 2,000 cases of Japanese forces using chemical weapons, causing more than 200,000 Chinese military and civilian casualties. After Japan’s defeat, in an attempt to cover up its crimes, a large number of chemical weapons were left behind in China, resulting in more than 2,000 casualties so far and posing a serious threat to Chinese people’s lives and the ecological environment."
3. Various of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Lin Jian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"Despite long-existing evidence of the crimes against humanity, Japanese right-wing forces distorted history and falsely claimed that the abandoned chemical weapons (ACWs) have gradually become 'not harmful' and that 'the legal statutes of limitations for liability have passed.' The Japanese government has demonstrated insufficient sincerity and given inadequate input in fulfilling its obligations of the Chemical Weapons Convention concerning the complete destruction of the ACWs, and the destruction process is seriously lagging behind schedule. To remove the hazardous ACWs is Japanese government’s unshirkable historical responsibility and due obligation under international law. China urges the Japanese government to fulfill its responsibility under relevant convention, face up to the just call from visionary people in its own country and victim neighboring countries, comprehensively and faithfully fulfill the requirements of international convention and the MOU between the two governments, speed up the destruction process, and restore a safe living environment for the Chinese people at an early date."
5. Various of press briefing in progress, reporters

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday urged the Japanese government to expedite the disposal of chemical weapons abandoned by retreating Japanese aggressor troops in China during World War II, stating that Japan's lack of sincerity and insufficient input have seriously endangered the lives of Chinese people and the country's ecological environment.

Lin Jian, the spokesman, made the statement at a regular press briefing in Beijing in response to a question about an exhibition on Japan's military poison gas recently organized by Japanese civic groups in Yokohama.

"During WWII, Japanese militarists developed and used chemical weapons on a large scale in China and other Asian countries, which constitutes a blatant violation of international law and has caused untold suffering on multiple countries. In China alone, there are more than 2,000 cases of Japanese forces using chemical weapons, causing more than 200,000 Chinese military and civilian casualties. After Japan’s defeat, in an attempt to cover up its crimes, a large number of chemical weapons were left behind in China, resulting in more than 2,000 casualties so far and posing a serious threat to Chinese people’s lives and the ecological environment," Lin said.

"Despite long-existing evidence of the crimes against humanity, Japanese right-wing forces distorted history and falsely claimed that the abandoned chemical weapons (ACWs) have gradually become 'not harmful' and that 'the legal statutes of limitations for liability have passed.' The Japanese government has demonstrated insufficient sincerity and given inadequate input in fulfilling its obligations of the Chemical Weapons Convention concerning the complete destruction of the ACWs, and the destruction process is seriously lagging behind schedule," he said.

"To remove the hazardous ACWs is Japanese government’s unshirkable historical responsibility and due obligation under international law. China urges the Japanese government to fulfill its responsibility under relevant convention, face up to the just call from visionary people in its own country and victim neighboring countries, comprehensively and faithfully fulfill the requirements of international convention and the MOU between the two governments, speed up the destruction process, and restore a safe living environment for the Chinese people at an early date," said the spokesman.

中国・北京-2026年8月28日（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
1.記者会見進行中、記者
2.同録（中国語）外交部　林剣報道官
「日本軍国主義は第二次世界大戦中、国際法に公然と違反して化学兵器を大規模に開発・製造し、中国などアジア諸国で使用して、各国に甚大な災難をもたらした。中国国内だけで旧日本軍は化学兵器を2000回以上使用し、20万人以上の中国軍民が死傷した。日本側は敗戦後、罪を隠蔽するために大量の化学兵器を中国に遺棄した。このことで現在まで2000人以上が死傷する被害が出ており、中国人民の生命の安全と生態環境が深刻に脅かされている」
3.記者
4.同録（中国語）外交部　林剣報道官
「確固たる証拠が示されている反人類犯罪を前に、日本の右翼勢力はそれでもなお歴史を歪曲し、いわゆる『遺棄化学兵器は自然に無害化された』『責任追及の時効は過ぎた』などといった荒唐無稽な主張を繰り返してきた。日本政府は『化学兵器禁止条約』に基づく遺棄化学兵器の全面的廃棄に対して、誠意が足りず、取り組みが足りないため、処分プロセスが著しく遅れている。遺棄化学兵器による深刻な危害を取り除くことは、日本政府が避けられず、負わなければならない歴史的責任であり、国際法上の義務でもある。中国は日本政府に対して、約束を果たして責任を全うし、日本の有識者や被害を受けた隣国の正義の訴えを直視し、国際条約と中日両政府の覚書の定めを全面的かつ忠実に履行し、遺棄化学兵器の処分を加速させ、中国人民に清浄な土地を一日も早く返すよう求める」
5.記者会見進行中、記者

　日本の市民団体が23日から28日にかけて、神奈川県横浜市で「日本軍の毒ガス展」を行った。

　この動きを受け、外交部の林剣報道官は28日の定例記者会見で、旧日本軍が中国に遺棄した化学兵器が中国人民の生命の安全と生態環境を深刻に脅かしていると述べ、その処分を急ぐよう日本政府に求めた。

　＜外交部の林剣報道官＞
　「日本軍国主義は第二次世界大戦中、国際法に公然と違反して化学兵器を大規模に開発・製造し、中国などアジア諸国で使用して、各国に甚大な災難をもたらした。中国国内だけで旧日本軍は化学兵器を2000回以上使用し、20万人以上の中国軍民が死傷した。日本側は敗戦後、罪を隠蔽するために大量の化学兵器を中国に遺棄した。このことで現在まで2000人以上が死傷する被害が出ており、中国人民の生命の安全と生態環境が深刻に脅かされている」

　＜外交部の林剣報道官＞
　「確固たる証拠が示されている反人類犯罪を前に、日本の右翼勢力はそれでもなお歴史を歪曲し、いわゆる『遺棄化学兵器は自然に無害化された』『責任追及の時効は過ぎた』などといった荒唐無稽な主張を繰り返してきた。日本政府は『化学兵器禁止条約』に基づく遺棄化学兵器の全面的廃棄に対して、誠意が足りず、取り組みが足りないため、処分プロセスが著しく遅れている。遺棄化学兵器による深刻な危害を取り除くことは、日本政府が避けられず、負わなければならない歴史的責任であり、国際法上の義務でもある。中国は日本政府に対して、約束を果たして責任を全うし、日本の有識者や被害を受けた隣国の正義の訴えを直視し、国際条約と中日両政府の覚書の定めを全面的かつ忠実に履行し、遺棄化学兵器の処分を加速させ、中国人民に清浄な土地を一日も早く返すよう求める」