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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-07

【Bilingual】Japan's Reckless Remilitarization Efforts Are the Real Threat to Regional Peace and Stability

【双语】日本“再军事化”妄动是地区和平稳定的真正威胁

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date2026-08-07
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16478281.html
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日本“再军事化”妄动是地区和平稳定的真正威胁 Japan's Reckless Remilitarization Efforts Pose a Real Threat to Regional Peace and Stability 8月7日下午,国防部新闻发言人陈曦大校就近期涉军问题发布消息。 记者:据报道,日本海上自卫队近期进行“战斧”巡航导弹实弹试射,日防卫大臣称面对战后最严峻、最复杂的安全环境,远程导弹将成为日一种反击手段。此外,日航空自卫队还进行了新型导弹挂飞试验。请问对此有何评论? Question:It's reported that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force recently conducted a live-fire test of a Tomahawk cruise missile. Japan's defense minister claimed that as the country faces the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II, long-range missiles will become part of Japan's counterstrike capabilities. Additionally, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force carried out a captive carry test of a new-type missile. What is your comment? 陈曦:日方加快发展进攻性武器的动向日益猖獗、十分危险,值得地区国家高度警惕。事实已经证明,日方所谓“周边安全威胁”只是其突破和平宪法和“专守防卫”规制,加速推进“再军事化”的借口。真正威胁日本安全、地区和平稳定的,恰恰是日本国内谋求扩军备武、加速“再军事化”的妄动。噩梦不能重演,和平需要守护。国际社会必须团结起来、行动起来,共同遏制日本“新型军国主义”成势为患、祸乱世界。 Chen Xi:Japan's moves to accelerate the development of offensive weapons are becoming increasingly rampant and perilous, which warrant high vigilance among regional countries. Realities have proved that the Japanese side's so-called "neighboring security threat" is merely a pretext for breaking free from its pacifist constitution and the "exclusively defense-oriented" policy, and expediting remilitarization. The real threat to Japan's security and regional peace and stability is its reckless attempts in ramping up military buildup and accelerating remilitarization. The nightmare of war must not repeat itself and peace must be upheld. It is imperative for the international community to unite and act in concert to contain the rise of Japan's neo-militarism and prevent it from plunging the world into turmoil.

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MND spokesperson Senior Colonel Chen Xi, responding to questions on August 7 about the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Tomahawk cruise missile live-fire test and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's captive carry test of a new-type missile, accused Japan of using a fabricated regional threat narrative as cover for breaking free from its pacifist constitution and 専守防衛 (exclusively defense-oriented) policy, and called on the international community to jointly contain Japan's 新型军国主义 (neo-militarism). The statement is standard MND spokesperson output; its value is as a record of how Beijing publicly frames Japan's counterstrike capability development — specifically the Tomahawk acquisition — as aggressive remilitarization requiring collective regional pushback, rather than as a legitimate defense posture shift.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "【双语】日本“再军事化”妄动是地区和平稳定的真正威胁." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-07. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16478281.html.

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