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On the day marking Japan's unconditional surrender in the Second World War, Sanae Takaichi made a monetary offering to the Yasukuni war shrine, while Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and other senior officials and political figures visited the shrine, openly challenging the bottom line of peace and turning back the...

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The Devil Still Dances: Dead End At the end of a misguided path lies only an abyss. Within the span of a single month, a series of development has underscored the rapid advance of Japan's “neo-militarism”: an active-duty Self-Defense Forces member forcibly intruding into the Chinese Embassy with a knife, the destroyer JS Ikazuchi transiting the Taiwan Strait, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi offering ritual items to Yasukuni Shrine, and the Japanese government completing revisions to the Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology. Since Sanae Takaichi took office last year, from erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question, to risky military moves, and onward to efforts aimed at constitutional revision, Japan's right-wing forces are moving at an unprecedented pace to strip away the facade of a peaceful nation, once again posing a serious threat to regional peace and stability. The lessons of history are unmistakable. Looking back at Japan before and after the outbreak of World War II, Japan's militarist expansion was always accompanied by systematic deception and manipulation of its own people. In the end, the wars of aggression inflicted immense suffering on the region and brought devastating consequences upon the Japanese people themselves. Eighty years later, right-wing forces in Japan appear intent on repeating the same dangerous course, attempting to draw the country once again into the abyss of neo-militarism, repeating a path that harms both others and itself. The Japanese people should remain highly vigilant. Japan's future does not lie in the perilous illusions promoted by the right-wing forces, but in a thorough reckoning with its history of aggression, in fostering friendly relations with its Asian neighbors, and in firmly upholding regional peace and development. #Chinamilitary #ChinaMilBugle #JapaneseRightWing #JapaneseNeoMilitarism #YasukuniShrine #TheDevilStillDances #JapaneseMilitarism #Militarism #NeoMilitarism #Japan #TakaichiSanae #Sanae #Takaichi #SanaeTakaichi #高市早苗

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China urges Japanese authorities to make clean break with militarism to win trust Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Wednesday urged Japanese authorities to earnestly abide by the international obligations confirmed in the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, face up to history, make a clean break with militarism, and win the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community through concrete actions. Guo made the remarks at a regular media briefing when answering a question about China's position on the "Enemy State Clauses" in the UN Charter. On Sept. 2, 1945, the Japanese government formally signed the Instrument of Surrender and accepted all the provisions of the Potsdam Proclamation, confirming the nature of the war of aggression launched by Japanese militarism, he said. "This historical conclusion must not be tampered with, still less should the post-war international order be challenged," Guo said, adding that the "Enemy State Clauses" remain in the UN Charter to this day, and the relevant provisions, including Articles 53, 77 and 107, remain valid as well. Guo said these clauses constitute special institutional arrangements concerning the defeated countries of World War II, aim at preventing them from once again posing a threat to international peace and security, and provide important institutional safeguards for upholding the post-war international order. "Japan joined the UN on the premise that it acknowledged the crimes of militarism and accepted the UN Charter in its entirety," he added. Guo said that the Japanese authorities not only avoid addressing their historical responsibilities, but also pay homage to Class-A war criminals of World War II, distort and whitewash the crimes of aggression, accelerate remilitarization, seek to revise the pacifist Constitution, antagonize almost all of their neighboring countries, openly interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and even issue threats of force. "The 'gray rhino' of Japan's 'new militarism' is charging toward us, once again posing a threat to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific. It is highly necessary to fully abide by the UN Charter and reaffirm the 'Enemy State Clauses,'" said Guo. #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #hibakusha #DefenseofJapan2026 #DefenseWhitePaper #ThreeNonNuclearPrinciples #WarState #Japan #JapanSelfDefenseForces #JSDF #JapaneseMilitarism #Militarism #NeoMilitarism #Japan #TakaichiSanae #Sanae #Takaichi #SanaeTakaichi

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“If Japan gambles again, it will only face a swifter defeat and a more disastrous loss,” warned China's foreign minister Wang Yi on February 14, 2026. Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and China's foreign minister, attended the #Munich Security Conference on Saturday, where he delivered a speech at the "China in the World" session and answered questions from the audience. When asked about China's responsibility regarding the resurgence of tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, Wang expressed his disagreement with the notion that regional tensions are escalating. Looking around the world, he noted that Asia remains the only region maintaining overall peace. Even the recent conflict on the Cambodia-Thailand border was swiftly resolved through the efforts of all parties, with China playing its part. China has become the mainstay of peace in Asia, Wang said. As a significant force for peace in the modern world, China will continue to play a constructive role in regional peace and stability, he added. Wang said that Asia is not without its challenges, and vigilance is required regarding recent dangerous trends in #Japan. Japan's sitting prime minister has gone so far as to publicly claim that a contingency in the #Taiwan Strait would constitute a "situation of existential crisis," allowing Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense. This marks the first time in the 80 years since World War Two that a Japanese prime minister has publicly made such a reckless statement, directly challenging China's national sovereignty, the post-war international order in which Taiwan has been returned to China and the political commitments Japan made to China. China certainly cannot accept this – nor will the 1.4 billion Chinese people, Wang said. Since the meeting was being held in #Germany, Wang said, a comparison could be drawn between the post-war settlements of Japan and Europe. After the war, Germany conducted a thorough liquidation of #fascism and enacted laws prohibiting the promotion of #Nazism. In contrast, Japan continues to honor Class-A war criminals in its shrine, with Japanese politicians making frequent visits to pay homage to them as so-called "heroic souls." Such a phenomenon is unimaginable in Europe, and this is the root cause of all these issues. Wang emphasized that the Japanese leader's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan question expose Japan's lingering ambitions to invade and colonize Taiwan, as well as the unyielding spirit of reviving militarism. Japan previously used the so-called "situation of existential crisis" as a pretext to launch its invasion of China and the attack on #PearlHarbor in the #US. The lessons of history are not far off – and they must be heeded. If Japan refuses to repent, Wang said, it is bound to repeat its past mistakes, and peace-loving people must be on guard. The Japanese people must be reminded not to be blinded or coerced again by far-right forces and extremist ideologies, he added. All peace-loving countries must also issue a warning to Japan: if it seeks to turn back the clock of history, it will lead to self-destruction, Wang said. If Japan gambles again, it will only face a swifter defeat and a more disastrous loss, he warned. #高市早苗 #TakaichiSanae #Sanae #Takaichi #SanaeTakaichi #JapaneseMilitarism #Militarism

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China's Ambassador to the United Nations #FuCong urged Japan's prime minister to retract her comments about #Taiwan being a potential military contingency for #Japan, and "refrain from continuing down the wrong path." "At a time when the international community is jointly reflecting on history and planning for the future, it is outrageous that Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has gone against the trend by claiming that the so-called survival-threatening situation for Japan is linked to Taiwan of China, and by implying and threatening that Japan would militarily intervene in the Taiwan question," said Fu at the UN Security Council on December 15, 2025. Last month, #Takaichi told the Japanese parliament that a "Taiwan contingency" could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, and could prompt military action. She became the first postwar Japanese prime minister to issue a clear threat of force to China. Her comments received immediate pushback and concern from Beijing and the international community. "The lessons of World War II are still fresh," Fu said. "Over the past 80 years, generation after generation has been working tirelessly for peace and speaking out for justice. As we stand at the starting point of the next 80 years, confronted with a world marked by transformation and turbulence, the questions before us are clear: Where is the world headed? Where is peace to be found?" Fu said. "We must uphold fairness and justice and lay a solid foundation for lasting peace. Militarism and fascism once brought unprecedented catastrophes to humanity. Any erroneous remarks and acts to whitewash or overturn the history of aggression challenge the bottom line of human conscience and undermine the hard-won peace," Fu said. "We must uphold a correct view of the history of World War II, safeguard the victorious outcomes of World War II, and defend the post-war international order. We must adhere to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, uphold the sovereign equality of all states, large and small, oppose unilateralism, hegemonism and power politics, advance the democratization of international relations, and enhance the representation and voice of developing countries in international affairs," Fu said. Fu's comments came during an open debate in the Security Council on Leadership for Peace, during which former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pressed members to confront both the external crises facing the UN and internal constraints that have weakened its ability to act. Also on December 15, China announced countermeasures against a former senior official of Japan's Self-Defense Forces for colluding with "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and stressed that the Taiwan question is the red line that must not be crossed. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the sanctions, which took effect immediately, include freezing movable and immovable properties and all other types of assets in China belonging to Shigeru #Iwasaki, former chief of the Joint Staff of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. #高市早苗 #TakaichiSanae #Sanae #SanaeTakaichi #ShigeruIwasaki #IwasakiShigeru #JapaneseMilitarism #Militarism

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