Ministry of National Defense: Encouraging Japan's "New Militarism" Will Push the Region into a Dangerous Vortex

Source-stated date: 14 September 2026 · MOD China (国防部)

国防部：助长日本“新型军国主义”将把地区推向危险漩涡

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Published14 September 2026, by Ministry of National Defense
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MND spokesperson Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, at a September 14 press briefing, condemned the U.S.-Japan-Australia 'Orient Shield 26' exercise — running September 8–24 across Hokkaido and Kagoshima — specifically targeting the first deployment of the U.S. Typhon mid-range missile system to a Japanese exercise. Jiang framed Japan's participation as evidence of advancing 専守防衛 (exclusively defensive defense) violations and progression toward 新型军国主义 (new militarism), language that extends a consistent PRC rhetorical line on Japanese rearmament but escalates it by directly implicating the U.S. and Australia as enablers. The explicit warning that encouragers of Japanese ambition will 'bring harm upon themselves' is a coercive formulation directed at Washington and Canberra, though whether it presages any concrete PLA response remains unstated.

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9月14日下午，国防部新闻发言人蒋斌大校就近期涉军问题发布消息。记者：据报道，9月8日至24日，日本陆上自卫队与美国、澳大利亚两国陆军在日本北海道、鹿儿岛等地举行“东方之盾26”联合演习，美“堤丰”中程导弹系统将首次参加该演习。请问对此有何评论？蒋斌：演习以“盾”为名做包装，实则是推进战略进攻性武器前沿部署，损害他国正常安全利益，推高地区军备竞赛和军事对抗风险，严重威胁地区安全稳定，我们对此坚决反对。近年来，日本不断突破和平宪法和专守防卫原则，大力发展远程进攻性武器，借对外军演加速推进“再军事化”，谋求军事扩张，并迎合域外势力引入阵营对抗，人为制造地区紧张，一步步走上“新型军国主义”的邪路。任何助长日本军事野心的举动，只会把地区推向危险的漩涡，也必将祸及自身。我们敦促有关国家切实尊重他国安全关切，纠正错误做法，以实际行动为地区和平稳定发挥正向作用。

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