Shedding light on China and Iran's secretive nuclear arms programs is key to advancing global disarmament, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Monday in Tokyo.
During a speech delivered to "show Japan's will to lead and propel global nuclear disarmament," Nakasone welcomed the recent agreement between the United States and Russia aimed at reducing their atomic arsenals.
But the foreign minister said the secretive nuclear weapons programs in some countries generate fear and create a vicious circle in the arms race.