Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 24 (Reporters Wan Qianyi and Feng Xinran) Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated on the 24th that it is an indisputable fact that Japan's "new militarism" has become a threat and poses a real threat. Countries in the region, including China, must maintain a high degree of vigilance, jointly defend the victory of World War II, and never allow Japanese militarism to resurrect.

At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: We have noticed that in the past month, the evil seeds of Japan's "new militarism" have grown at an alarming rate: active Self-Defense Force officials broke into the Chinese Embassy in Japan with knives, destroyers sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the Self-Defense Force officially participated in the US-Philippine joint military exercise for the first time, the cabinet significantly relaxed arms export restrictions, and Takaichi Sanae made offerings and sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine for two consecutive days. A recent poll conducted among netizens around the world showed that 82.5% of the respondents believed that Japan's right-wing forces' pursuit of "remilitarization" is highly similar to the logic of Japan's militaristic expansion before World War II, and will once again lead Japan onto an extremely dangerous path. What's the spokesperson's comment on this?

"This once again shows that Japan's "new type of militarism" is an indisputable fact and poses a real threat." Guo Jiakun said.

Guo Jiakun said that historically, Japanese militarism has created "external threats", incited nationalism, kidnapped state machinery, launched aggressive wars abroad, committed heinous crimes, and brought havoc to the people of various countries in the Asia-Pacific. Today, instead of deeply reflecting on the history of aggression, Japan's right-wing forces continue to promote the transformation of security policies in an offensive and expansionary direction, in an attempt to accelerate Japan's "remilitarization" by reorganizing the military-industrial complex.

Guo Jiakun said that in reality, Japan is still lobbying everywhere in an attempt to confuse right and wrong and whitewash the image of a so-called "peaceful country" that has already gone bankrupt. The eyes of the world are sharp. Japan is pushing to amend the constitution, relax exports of anti-personnel weapons, deploy offensive missiles, and significantly expand military spending. No matter how rhetorical it may be, it cannot conceal its true intention of paving the way for military expansion. Japan also frequently interacts with NATO and attempts to introduce extraterritorial military organizations into the Asia-Pacific, clearly showing its intention to provoke confrontation.

"The lessons are not far away and must be observed. Countries in the region, including China, must maintain a high degree of vigilance, jointly defend the victory of World War II, never allow Japanese militarism to resurgence, never allow historical tragedies to happen again, and never allow anyone or any force to destroy peace and cause harm to the region." He said.