BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) — A Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson mentioned on Monday stopping the resurrection of militarism is Japan’s due obligation and the unwavering will of the worldwide neighborhood, together with China.
The spokesperson urged the Japanese aspect to attract classes from historical past, abide by its worldwide obligations, and stay dedicated to the trail of peaceable growth.
Spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at an everyday press briefing in response to a query about latest protests by tens of 1000’s of Japanese individuals towards the Japanese authorities’s makes an attempt to revise the nation’s pacifist structure.
“We also noted that Japan’s push for constitutional revision has been increasingly questioned and rejected in Japan itself as well as its Asian neighbors and the wider world,” mentioned Guo.
Japanese militarists haven’t solely dedicated atrocities to the individuals in China and different nations in Asia, but additionally introduced profound sufferings to the Japanese individuals, Guo added.
He famous Japan’s constitutional revision issues the postwar worldwide order and the place Japan goes, and it has been carefully watched by the worldwide neighborhood and its Asian neighbors.
However, to date, the Japanese aspect has did not completely mirror on its historical past of aggression, mentioned Guo. Some forces within the nation even tried to gloss over and whitewash the crimes dedicated in the course of the aggression, and push for accelerated remilitarization of Japan, which led to the rampant and harmful unfold of neo-militarism within the nation and threatened regional peace and stability, Guo mentioned, including the worldwide neighborhood must be on excessive alert towards this.