Warning! Japan Intensifies Strategic Binding, Expansion Accelerates Without Letup

Source-stated date: 20 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

警惕！日本强化战略绑定，扩张不断加速

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Published20 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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A PLA-affiliated commentary by Fang Ke, the 28th installment in a series on Japanese 'new militarism,' focuses on Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro's back-to-back visits to Australia and India, citing the Mogami-class frigate procurement deal, Australian permission for JSDF personnel to conduct live-fire tests of long-range and hypersonic missiles on Australian ranges, and a Japan-India memorandum that includes export of the 'Unicorn' stealth communications system and the first JASDF fighter deployment to India for bilateral air exercises in September. The article frames Japan's posture as a deliberate closed-loop model — 技术输出—装备贸易—军事绑定 (technology export, equipment trade, military binding) — and the concept of 实战化绑定 (operationally oriented binding) carries the analytical weight, describing a shift from dialogue to integrated operational entanglement that the PLA media apparatus treats as the defining threat. The framing points to an effort to build domestic Chinese audience and institutional consensus around Japan as a primary regional security threat, extending a numbered series that documents how official media is constructing and sustaining that narrative over time.

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强化战略绑定扩张不断加速 ——警惕日本“新型军国主义”的现实威胁㉘ ■方珂日前，中国代表在出席第81届联大裁军与国际安全委员会时，严正批驳日本现政权加速“再军事化”，已成为威胁地区和平稳定的突出因素。当下，日本借安全合作之名，以战略绑定、技术输出、军火贸易为手段，加速推进军事扩张。与传统军国主义武力侵略扩张不同，日本“新型军国主义”更具隐蔽性、迷惑性和渗透性，给亚太地区的和平稳定带来严峻挑战。日本防务外交正发生实质性转向，以服务其“再军事化”的战略野心。今年上半年，日本官员出访的重要议题，是通过对外推销日本新版“印太战略”、宣扬防卫装备转移新规等，为其扩大防务合作、放宽军火出口争取舆论和政治空间。前段时间，日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎在5天时间内先后访问澳大利亚与印度，就“大型军备贸易”“跨境武器试验”“核心军工技术输出”等内容进行密集协商，还不断叫嚣要强化所谓“反击能力”以及推动进攻性武器出口。访澳期间，日澳双方确认推进升级版“最上”级护卫舰采购项目，大幅拓宽日本高端军工出口渠道，还达成一项“覆盖未来十年的合作计划”。澳方表示，将允许日本自卫队利用澳境内试验场开展远程导弹、高超音速导弹等进攻性武器的试射。这是日本战后首次在海外获得常态化的进攻性武器试验权。到访印度时，日印双方签署了《海上安全合作备忘录》，并就日本“独角兽”隐身通信系统对印出口等议题达成共识，还敲定了日本航空自卫队战斗机今年9月首次赴印参加双边空中力量演习。从造势铺路，到落地实操，日本防务外交正从“防务对话”加速向“实战化绑定”转变。依托多渠道合作推进对外军事布局，日本企图通过“安保阵营化”，进一步谋求军力出海。首先，强化战略绑定，推进构建“准同盟”关系。日本试图以军工利益、安全绑定为纽带，构建覆盖印太的多边军事协作网络。其次，强化军工技术交流，深化同相关国家的防务合作。高端军工技术的双向互通与联合研发，是日本突破军事技术瓶颈、提升全域作战能力的重要抓手。一方面，日本企图通过军事合作补齐自身远程武器测试、远洋作战训练的短板；另一方面，通过核心技术输出，实现与相关国家的情报共享、战术互通、战力联动，进一步拉紧技术纽带。其三，大肆推销军火武器，开拓武器出口市场。今年4月日本修改“防卫装备转移三原则”后，大幅放宽军火出口限制，谋求把军工产业打造为国家经济支柱。如今，日本已逐步渗透进入海外高端军工市场，以此推动军工产业规模化扩容，进而构建起“技术输出—装备贸易—军事绑定”的闭环模式，为日本军事扩张提供产业基础和财力支撑。从打造排他性军事合作“小圈子”，人为制造阵营对立，到大力发展进攻性力量，打破区域军力平衡……日本一系列充满野心的扩张行为，本质上就是企图将自身“战略纵深”和军事能力建设向海外延伸。这严重违背了“专守防卫”原则，也是对二战胜利成果与战后国际秩序的公然挑衅。国际社会需对日本危险的扩军动向保持高度警惕，坚决遏制其“再军事化”势头，坚定守护地区和平稳定。

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