On the 23rd, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly rebutted on Facebook, stating, "The enemy state clauses have long since become defunct."
The ministry wrote that, as early as 1995, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the "prompt deletion" of these clauses, considering them outdated.
The ministry emphasized that claiming these long-defunct provisions still have effect is inconsistent with the United Nations’ stance.
The ministry pointed out that China itself voted in favor of the resolution to delete the "enemy state clauses" back then.
Recently, the Chinese Embassy in Japan posted on social media, stating that under the "enemy state clauses" of the United Nations Charter, if a defeated country once again adopts policies leading to aggression, the founding member states of the United Nations, including China, have the right to take direct military action even without the approval of the UN Security Council.