BEIJING, Nov. 27 -- "This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. People around the world, especially those from China and other victimized countries in Asia, will never forget the catastrophe brought by Japanese fascists. The specter of Japanese militarism must never be allowed to haunt the world again," said Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a press conference on Nov. 27, 2025.

It was reported that the Japanese government sold its domestically produced Patriot air-defense missiles to the US, which was its first export of deadly weapons since Japan relaxed controls on its arms export. Besides, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started discussions on revising its three security documents, including the revision of its Three Non-nuclear Principles and increasing its defense spending.

When commenting on that, Senior Colonel Jiang pointed out that it is an ironclad fact that Japan was a defeated country in WWII. International treaties and instruments such as the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, explicitly ban Japan from rearmament.

He noted that the international community must be on high alert against Japan's revisionist attempts to break away from the restraints of its pacifist Constitution by brazenly expanding its military build-up, drastically increasing its defense budget, expediting the revision of its security policies, relaxing restrictions on weapons export, and attempting to revoke the Three Non-nuclear Principles. Japan is even attempting to intervene militarily on the Taiwan question. These moves pose serious threats to regional peace and stability.

"We urge the Japanese side to fully repent for its war crimes and immediately abandon dangerous attempts in constitutional revision and military build-up. Any attempt to repeat the evil path of aggression and expansion and undermine the post-WWII international order will not succeed," stressed the spokesperson in the end.