Ports in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen handled a single-day record number of 1.058 million border entries and exits by travelers on July 26, local frontier inspection authorities have said.
The number of border entries stood at 580,000 and the number of border exits came in at 478,000, according to the Shenzhen General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection.
The Shenzhen General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection has carried out border inspections on more than 19 million border entries and exits by travelers since the beginning of July, up 10.96 percent year on year.
The rising mobility through Shenzhen's ports was fueled by large sports events and concerts in Hong Kong and the accelerated integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city cluster in south China.
South China's Shenzhen sees record number of single-day cross-border travelers
A Japanese lawmaker has raised concerns over Japan's push to expand its military and its nuclear policy.
Responding to some politicians' dangerous tendency towards possessing nuclear weapons, Takara Sachika, a member of Japan's House of Councilors, said that Japan's push to strengthen its military, combined with what she called a misguided nuclear policy, not only heightens regional tensions but also directly threatens regional security.
"I think this is completely unacceptable. Japan is a country that has suffered atomic bombings and is one of the nations most aware of the threat posed by nuclear weapons. Yet such a country is openly discussing the issue of possessing nuclear weapons and even attempting to revise the principle of not allowing the introduction of nuclear weapons, one of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles. This is an extremely serious problem," Takara said.
Takara said the Japanese government's tendency to expand its military capabilities is completely contrary to the Constitution.
"From the perspective of Japan's Constitution, Japan should never have adopted a policy of ensuring security by strengthening military capabilities. Yet today, enormous effort is being poured into military expansion, and that in itself is a serious problem," said the lawmaker.
At a Diet meeting in early November 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that what she described as the Chinese central authorities' "use of force on Taiwan" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, and suggested the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait, drawing strong criticism worldwide.
Takara urged Takaichi to retract her erroneous remarks as soon as possible.
"I think there is a very big problem with making such remarks that provoke other countries. It is necessary to thoroughly examine the facts as soon as possible and withdraw the relevant remarks," she said.
Japanese lawmaker criticizes nuclear weapons remarks as threat to regional security
