China calls on all peace-loving countries to join hands in containing Japan's re-militarization, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday.
Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, on Tuesday said Russia resolutely opposes Japan's attempt to accelerate re-militarization.
When asked to comment on Shoigu's remarks, Lin said China and Russia share the highly consistent position on Japan-related issues.
He noted that Japan's accelerated "re-militarization" poses a threat to regional peace and stability, a development that has drawn significant vigilance from the international community and countries in the region. In response to this trend, Lin highlighted the following essential facts:
"First, the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender and other documents with the effect of international law clearly stipulate the international obligations that Japan must fulfill. Japan's Constitution also made strict restrictions on the country's military forces, the right of belligerency and the right to war," Lin said.
"Second, Japan has never made a clean break with its militaristic past since the end of the war. The Yasukuni Shrine continues to honor 14 convicted Class-A war criminals, while right-wing forces within Japan have attempted to dilute and gloss over the history of aggression by revising textbooks," he said.
"Third, Japan's pace of military expansion has accelerated. Its defense budget has grown for 14 consecutive years, reaching 58 billion U.S. dollars, with an increase of more than 60 percent over the past five years, and now accounts for 2 percent of GDP. Japan has continued to convert its so-called escort ships into aircraft carriers, has developed and purchased medium- and long-range missiles with a range exceeding 1,000 kilometers, and is building a cross-domain combat system spanning land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains. In 2025, Japan sold Patriot missiles back to the U.S. for the first time and exported frigates, breaking through the restrictions on lethal weapons exports. Japanese government officials have also openly clamored for possessing nuclear weapons and sought to revise the three non-nuclear principles," said Lin.
"All these reflect that Japan's accelerated re-militarization is a fact and reality, and there are practical routes and actions. Lessons from history are not far to seek. China and all peace-loving countries must join hands to curb the ambition of Japanese right-wing forces to promote re-militarization and jointly safeguard the victory of World War II and the hard-won world peace," he said.
China calls on peace-loving countries to join hands in containing Japan's re-militarization
