China’s Ministry of National Defense: Japan’s “new militarism” gray rhinoceros is mutating out of control

China News Service, Beijing, October 10 (Reporter Li Chun) Chen Xi, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, released news on recent military-related issues on the 10th. He pointed out that the gray rhinoceros of Japan's "new militarism" is mutating out of control and accelerating, becoming a prominent factor that challenges the post-war international order, impacts the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and threatens regional peace and stability.

A reporter asked: According to reports, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently delivered a policy speech at the Extraordinary Diet, saying that the security environment around Japan is complex and severe, and that the "Three Security Documents" will be revised before the end of the year to fundamentally enhance defense capabilities. At the same time, there is news that the Japanese government will consider adding content related to the introduction of nuclear-powered submarines when revising the "Three Security Documents". Any comment on this?

Chen Xi pointed out that Japan was a defeated country in World War II and must fulfill its obligations as a defeated country such as eradicating militarism, destroying war power, and prohibiting rearmament. However, the Japanese ruling authorities have used the so-called "peripheral security threats" as an excuse to accelerate the "remilitarization" process, and even attempted to break through the "three non-nuclear principles", seek gradual nuclear deregulation, and promote the transformation of security policies in an offensive, expansionary, and dangerous direction. The gray rhinoceros of "new militarism" is mutating out of control and accelerating, becoming a prominent factor that challenges the post-war international order, impacts the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and threatens regional peace and stability.

Chen Xi said that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trial. The judgment of history has not yet ended. Japan should deeply reflect on its war crimes, completely break away from militarism, and stop the dangerous behavior of amending the constitution, expanding the military, and plotting to acquire nuclear weapons. Otherwise, it will only repeat the same mistakes and have no future.