Japan dismisses ‘ridiculous’ Russian criticism of military buildup

TOKYO: Japan’s UN 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 UN Charter. On Tuesday, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the first session of a UN Security Council meeting on upholding the UN 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 Two.