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concern in Tokyo about its longtime ally, the US, and its ability or willingness to defend its allies, say analysts. Japan has historically fallen under the protection of Washington’s nuclear umbrella, but China
nuclear ambitions. So Xi's visit this week - he arrived in Pyongyang on Monday - is likely to beless about friendship, more about leverage. Seoul believes he may try to position China as a mediator between
concern for Beijing is North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. On Thursday, the North Korean state news agency, KCNA, reported that Kim had called for an [“exponential”](/news/2026/6/4/n-koreas-kim-jong-un-calls-for-exponential-expansion-of-nuclear-arsenal) expansion of the country’s arsenal. Hong
concerned about deepening relations between North Korea and Russia – another reason Xi may have decided to personally travel to Pyongyang for this meeting. As North Korea strengthens its military and political ties with Russia, China
China,” Sahar Khan, a Washington, DC-based independent analyst and nonresident fellow at the Institute for Global Affairs, told Al Jazeera. Hossein Mousavian, who worked on Iran’s nuclear diplomacy team in negotiations with
North Korea.  ## What agreements has Iran made about its nuclear programme in the past? In 2015, under the Obama administration, Iran struck a deal with
China, an unpredictable North Korea, and Russia nearby. And the United States, its closest ally, has been encouraging Tokyo to play a more active security role. She's not the first Japanese leader to push