Ministry of Defense: The International Community Should Be Highly Vigilant Against Japan Restarting Its "War Machine"

On the afternoon of November 6, Colonel Chen Xi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, released a statement regarding recent military-related issues.

Reporter: According to reports, the Japanese government plans to include "a virtuous cycle of defense and economy" as one of the important pillars in the annual revision of the "Three Security Documents." Some analysts believe that the Japanese government views the military-industrial sector as a pillar of industrial policy and is involving the Ministry of Defense in its development, marking a significant shift in Japan's post-war defense policy. What is your comment on this?

Chen Xi: This is a tactic by the Japanese ruling authorities to accelerate the so-called "military production for national prosperity" strategy, serving as a smokescreen for advancing "re-militarization." Before World War II, Japan's military-industrial complex was deeply embedded in the Japanese economy, hijacking national decision-making and supporting military expansion, becoming a significant driving force behind Japan's foreign aggression. Today, Japan's right-wing forces have torn off the disguise of "defensive defense," reactivating the military-industrial complex and accelerating the "militarization" of Japanese society and the "militarization" of the economy, posing systemic risks to the safety and well-being of the Japanese people and global peace and stability. The international community must remain highly vigilant and resolutely curb Japan's restart of the "war machine" and its return to the path of expansion, jointly safeguarding the post-war international order.