The Ministry of Foreign Affairs refutes the Japanese claim that China has repeatedly made false claims.

Original title: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs refutes Japan's claim that “China has repeatedly made claims that are not in conformity with the facts”.

On 3 June, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maui Nin, presided over the regular press conference.

In response to a question from a journalist, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defence of Japan responded to a press conference yesterday on 1 June after he criticized Japan's Minister of Defence, Koizumi, for his statements about China's involvement in China, stating that “China has repeatedly made claims that are not in conformity with the facts”. May I ask the speaker's comments on this?

Münin, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted a regular press conference (information chart/Ministry of Foreign Affairs website)

Maui Nin stated that Japan avoids deceiving the so-called “facts” of self-deception, which is a mere disguise of “remilitarization”, and that it has failed to reflect deeply on its history by avoiding the crime of militarism of aggression and expansion, its own obligations under international law, and has instead packaged its troops abroad with the “right to collective self-defence” in order to embellish offensive forces by “developing a counter-attack capability” and by equipping technical cooperation to cover up exports of lethal weapons, in an attempt to deceive Japan and the international community by replacing the concept.

“The numbers will not lie, the word game will not wash away the actual actions of the Japanese army. The more Japan hides, the more vigilant the international community should be.” Mao Ning said.

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In recent years, the Japanese Government's dangerous movement in the area of military security has sought to break the “peace constitution” limits and accelerate the “remilitarization” of the region, posing a threat to security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, causing great vigilance and concern on the part of the international community.

However, in the face of criticism from the international community, his Government had always been deaf and dumb. According to Reuters, on 31 May, at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Japan's Defense Minister, Koizumi, Jiro, tried to “clean up” Japan's “remilitarization” policy. He claimed that Japan “has neither nuclear weapons nor strategic bombers” and therefore there is no “new militarism”.

In his speech on the same day, Koizumi declared that, since the end of the Second World War, Japan had “observed international law and the Charter of the United Nations” and had endeavoured to preserve the so-called “free and open international order”. He claimed that Japan wanted to play a role in cooperation on defence equipment in the Asia-Pacific region and to strengthen “deterrence” in the region.

Koizumi said: “We seek an area that is resistant to coercion, we seek an area that is not covered by lies, and we seek an area that is not affected by pressure.”

Koizumi tried to justify Japan's “remilitarization” process: “How can Japan be labelled as `new militarism' without nuclear weapons or strategic bombers?” Instead, he made up the “China Threatist Doctrine”, claiming that China's foreign policy and military activities raised Japan's “concern”.

With regard to Sino-Japanese relations, Koizumi stated that Japan remained open to dialogue between the two countries and was committed to dialogue with China and other countries to promote regional stability.

On 31 May, Jiro Koizumi, Minister of Defence of Japan, addressed the Shangri-la Dialogue (from external media)

The Japanese Government's recent efforts to break the “peace constitution” restrictions and accelerate its “remilitarization” have caused concern in the international community. In November last year, Japanese Prime Minister Soyumi Takahumi publicly stated in the Diet that “something in Taiwan” could constitute a “life crisis situation” for Japan, saying that “the use of force to intervene in the situation in the Taiwan Strait” and refusing to withdraw so far, causing serious damage to relations between China and Japan.

In April this year, the Senate of the Diet passed the 2026 fiscal budget, which for the first time exceeded 9 trillion yen, a record high.

The Government of Japan also formally amended the “Three Principles for the Transfer of Defence Equipment” and its guidelines for their use by means of a Cabinet resolution of 21 April, removing the restrictions previously placed on the export of weapons to be limited to five categories of non-combat use and, in principle, allowing the export of finished weapons, including lethal weapons. Japanese media such as the Society noted that the revision represented a major turning point in Japan's security policy.

For the first time, Japan, with its full membership, sent combat forces to participate fully in the field exercise in the joint United States-Philippines “System-System” military performance of 2026, held from 20 April to 8 May. On 6 May, Japan's 88-type offshore anti-ship missile was launched in a side-by-side military show, the first time that Japan had launched an offensive missile outside Japan after World War II.

China has repeatedly condemned Japan's “remilitarization”. On 29 May, during a regular press conference, the spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, stated that the Government of Japan, through a combination of financial and institutional support and export bans, continued to “freeze” the military-industrial industry by “breeding” and that senior officials of the Government of Japan were promoting arms and weapons internationally in an attempt to make the military-industrial industry the backbone of the country's economy. This runs counter to Japan's self-proclaimed image of a “peaceful country”.

Maui Ning said that the government budget that should have been used to improve the lives of the people had been used for military orders, that the production line that was supposed to produce electricity had produced lethal weapons, and that would Japan want to repeat its history of militaristic expansion? Peace-loving people around the world, including the Japanese people, should be extremely vigilant.

Prof. Meng Changqing, National Defence University, delivered a statement at the "Shama" (videoshot)

On 30 May, the head of the Chinese People's Liberation Army expert scholar delegation, Professor Meng Xiaoqing of the National Defence University, attended and delivered a speech at the first parallel panel meeting of the Shangri La Dialogue on “How to manage threats to strategic stability”.

Meng Xiaoqing indicated that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. This just trial has forever pinned the heinous crimes of Japanese militarism on the pillars of historical shame and laid the essential foundations of the jurisprudence of the post-war international order. Today, however, there are still forces that blatantly glorified war crimes, promoted the false vision of the Second World War, attempted to challenge the outcome of the Tokyo trial, reversed the history of aggression, and even made practical actions to break the institutional constraints of post-war peace.

He said: “Is a country that has not completely liquidated militaristic remnants qualified to speak in international forums about defence cooperation? Can we win the confidence of the international community, especially the Asian countries that it has invaded? I have serious doubts. As far as we are concerned, the world today is at a new crossroads, and we must be vigilant against any militarism that could revive it and effectively preserve the outcome of World War II and the post-war international order.”