Strong winds and hailstorms triggered by severe convective weather battered Wuning County, Jiujiang City, in east China's Jiangxi Province on Sunday afternoon, causing varying degrees of damage to rice crops, trees, houses, and power facilities.
At around 15:30 on Sunday, Henglu Township in Wuning suffered from a rare autumn hailstorm after the heavy rain.
Hailstones, with the size of broad beans, fell densely and lasted approximately 20 minutes.
As a result, numerous trees along the roads were knocked down, crops in the fields were flattened, and some houses and power facilities sustained damages. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.
After the storms, local town and village officials immediately went to the scene to assess the situation and organize production self-rescue.
Local power supply and transportation had been restored by Sunday night.
Strong winds, hailstorms batter Jiujiang in China's Jiangxi Province, no casualties reported
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
