BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) — Countries within the Asia-Pacific must be careful towards and firmly resist reckless strikes of Japanese neo-militarism to collectively safeguard order of peace on this area, Chinese international ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun mentioned on Friday.
Guo made the remarks at an everyday news briefing when requested to touch upon proposals drafted by Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party that known as for rising protection spending.
According to the most recent statistics, Japan’s protection expenditure elevated by 9.7 % in 2025, which hit a document excessive. Its imports of weapons elevated by 76 % over the previous 5 years. Japan’s protection finances has been rising for 14 consecutive years, however Japanese right-wing forces are nonetheless clamoring for rising protection spending, Guo mentioned.
“It once again shows that Japan’s ‘country for peace’ mask is coming off and it is slipping towards neo-militarism,” he mentioned.
Now, Japan’s right-wing forces are pursuing a surge in protection finances, stress-free its export restrictions on deadly weapons, supporting the event of the protection trade and even trying to show it right into a pillar of the economic system to serve its agenda of navy buildup and remilitarization, he mentioned.
The Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender and a collection of paperwork with full authorized impact below worldwide legislation explicitly require Japan to be “completely disarmed” and to not preserve industries that “would enable her to re-arm for war.” After WWII, Japan’s Constitution additionally made strict restrictions on the nation’s navy forces, the precise of belligerency and the precise to battle, and Japan has established the “exclusively defense-oriented principle” by laws.
Japanese protection contractors have been main engines for Japanese militarism to take the nation hostage and invade others, Guo mentioned.