Japan's Dangerous Moves! According to a report by Lianhe Zaobao of Singapore on the evening of April 28: "To respond to new combat methods and emergency situations, Prime Minister Sanae Takagi has launched an expert panel to accelerate the revision of three security documents under Japan's National Security Strategy. Takagi emphasized that the revisions aim to comprehensively strengthen Japan's national power, stating that Japan must draw lessons from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East to counter threats posed by China, North Korea, and Russia."
Sanae Takagi's move is merely using threats as a pretext to expand military capabilities. Japan labels China, Russia, and North Korea as 'threats,' yet remains silent on its own actions—such as glorifying aggression, visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, and provoking tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The so-called 'drawing lessons' is actually about absorbing wartime experience, creating public opinion to justify breaking away from the principle of self-defense.
Previous documents have already allowed Japan to possess counterattack capabilities and significantly increase defense spending. This latest action implies further relaxation of arms exports, expanded overseas deployment of troops, and enhanced preemptive strike capabilities. Takagi's 'comprehensive strengthening' aims to transform Japan's Self-Defense Forces into a full-fledged military force, rearming Japan as a major military power. A country that has never genuinely reflected on its history of aggression is now once again marching toward militarism—the danger it poses far exceeds that of the past. The international community must remain highly vigilant: tolerating Japan's 'incremental' constitutional revisions and military expansion is tantamount to allowing the ghost of militarism to return.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1863738683332612/
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