Russia's Foreign Ministry says it has suspended, through Japan, the implementation of an agreement on cooperation in reducing nuclear weapons. It is reported that the agreement will lose legal effect on May 21, 2024, six months after Russia officially notified Japan. On October 13, 1993, the governments of Russia and Japan signed the agreement, which mainly involved cooperation between the two sides to eliminate Russian nuclear weapons. Now, Russia has notified Japan that it will withdraw from the treaty, which means that Russia will no longer be bound or monitored on whether to use nuclear weapons against Japan in the future. This is certainly bad news for Japan. Perhaps from Russia's point of view, this is not only not disadvantageous, but also would be good news, but from Japan's point of view, it is different, and it is simply a blow!

What does this say about nuclear weapons? Without restraint and supervision, does Japan still have "security"? In fact, for Russia, the main purpose of signing such a treaty with Japan in the past was to exchange economic relations with Japan through friendly cooperation with the country on arms control issues. In other words, it is to enhance the cooperation and relations between the two countries. However, Russia voluntarily withdrew from the treaty today, although the specific reasons were not disclosed, but according to the Russian side, the deterioration of Russia-Japan relations was one of the main reasons leading to the termination of cooperation. It is worth mentioning that just recently, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said that Japan is in favor of maintaining sanctions against Russia and continuing to aid Ukraine.

In fact, since the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Japan has frequently imposed sanctions on Russia. As a result, relations between the two countries have been strained and negotiations for a peace treaty have stalled. At this stage, the Kishida government just wants to submit its name to the United States in this way, after all, behind the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, is the continuous fire of the United States. As a loyal follower of the United States, which is eager to use Ukraine against Russia, Japan will not stand idly by. But Kishida did not expect that Russia would be so angry that it withdrew from the treaty. Indeed, Russia has been a soft touch.

The Kishida government has persisted with its anti-Russian policies, including sanctions that hurt Russia and measures such as increased military activity in the Far East. In response, Russia simply stopped working with unfriendly countries. If this is according to the temperament of the past fighting nations, as long as Japan has been hit by the heavy hammer of the Russian side. To some extent, it is not ruled out that Russia is still giving Japan a chance to use this action to warn the country one last time that if it continues to go further and further on the road of anti-Russia, then Putin's government will inevitably stop being polite. If the Kishida government had any sense, it would realize that it could no longer push Russia's boundaries.