Ministry of Defense: The International Community Should Fully Recognize Japan's "Deceptive Diplomacy" and "Victim Disguise"

On the afternoon of May 28, the Ministry of Defense held a regular press conference, where Major General Jiang Bin, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, answered reporters' questions.

Reporter: According to reports, recent media disclosures have revealed the first draft of the "Defense White Paper" during the tenure of the Suga administration, which portrays China's activities in the Pacific as a "security threat" and expresses vigilance. At the same time, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan stated that Japan's "self-defense" policy has not changed, and China's claims about Japan's "new militarism" are unfounded. What is your comment on this?

Jiang Bin: The Japanese side's words and actions are inconsistent, and they are only making things worse. In recent years, the Japanese government has significantly increased military spending, developed and deployed offensive weapons, relaxed restrictions on the export of lethal weapons, promoted amendments to the pacifist constitution, advocated becoming a "combat-ready" nation, and even called for the abandonment of the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles." If this can still be called "self-defense," then the word "offensive" would not exist in the dictionary. Japanese militarism has caused profound disasters to the world and brought calamity to the Japanese people. The "gray rhino" of Japan's "re-militarization" is charging towards us, which cannot help but raise alarms. The international community should fully recognize Japan's "deceptive diplomacy" and "victim disguise," and work together to curb Japan's "new militarism" to maintain regional and global peace and stability.