[Bilingual] Ministry of National Defense: We Urge the Japanese Side to Face Up to and Reflect on Its History of Aggression

国防部：敦促日方正视和反省侵略历史 MND: We Urge the Japanese Side to Face up to and Reflect on Its History of Aggression 10月29日下午，国防部举行例行记者会，国防部新闻发言人张晓刚大校答记者问。 记者：据报道，近期日本防卫大臣称，中国持续快速扩充核力量与导弹等军事实力；日本既不拥有核武器，也不拥有战略轰炸机，而中国同时拥有这两类装备，却反过来批评日本。他还声称，日本将从根本上重组防卫研究机构。请问中方对此有何评论？ Question:According to reports, Japan's Minister of Defense recently claimed that China has been rapidly expanding its nuclear, missile and other military capabilities. He argued that Japan possesses neither nuclear weapons nor strategic bombers, whereas China has both and yet criticizes Japan. He also stated that Japan will fundamentally restructure its defense research institutes. Could you please comment on this? 张晓刚：众所周知，日本是二战战败国，必须遵守《开罗宣言》《波茨坦公告》等国际文件和日本宪法关于限制军力发展的规定，这是其重返国际社会的政治和法律前提；日本作为《不扩散核武器条约》无核武器缔约国，不接受、不制造、不拥有、不扩散核武器是其不得推卸的国际法义务，没有讨价还价的余地。 Zhang Xiaogang:It is known to all that Japan, as a defeated country of WWII, must abide by the provisions restricting the development of its military forces stipulated in the international instruments such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation as well as Japan's Constitution. This constitutes the political and legal prerequisites for its return to the international community. As a non-nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Japan bears an inescapable obligation under international law to not receive, manufacture, acquire or transfer nuclear weapons. This is by no means a political bargaining chip. 日方这位官员刻意回避历史罪责，选择性忽视国际法，颠倒黑白、混淆视听。世人的眼睛是雪亮的，日方的狡辩掩盖不了其强军扩武甚至想拥核引核的危险图谋。我们敦促日方正视和反省侵略历史，同军国主义彻底切割，不要再次走到国际社会的对立面。 The Japanese official you mentioned deliberately evades Japan's historical crimes, selectively ignores international law, distorts facts and misleads the public. Despite Japan's chicanery, the international community sees through its dangerous schemes of military buildup and even seeking to introduce and acquire nuclear weapons. We urge the Japanese side to face up to and reflect on its history of aggression, make a clean break with militarism, and refrain from putting itself once again on the opposite side of the international community.