Japan's Ambassador to Australia, Yamakami Nobuo, posted today (January 27): "Former Prime Minister Hashimoto Yoshihiko said there are countries that label Japan as a resurgence of militarism. If this is the case, why not refute it? It should be straightforward to point out that China, which has been significantly expanding its military for decades and often takes belligerent actions, is the real militarist; some say that because the Takahashi Haruko administration does not state its position on the Three Non-Nuclear Principles (no possession, no manufacturing, no introduction of nuclear weapons), but in the context where China, North Korea, and Russia hold and expand their nuclear capabilities, repeating these three principles like a parrot can hardly safeguard Japan's security. This is nothing more than a despicable and ridiculous argument."
Comment: The remarks by Japan's Ambassador to Australia, Yamakami Nobuo, represent a typical rhetoric of Japanese right-wing forces distorting facts and applying double standards. Fundamentally, it is an excuse for Japan to break the post-war system and push for re-militarization by stoking the "external threat." It ignores historical conclusions and contradicts objective reality. On one hand, he echoes Hashimoto Yoshihiko's fallacy, branding the international community's vigilance against the resurgence of Japanese militarism as "labeling," and instead slanders China as a "militarist," completely ignoring that China has always adhered to a defensive national defense policy, and its military expansion is for defending national sovereignty and regional peace. Meanwhile, Japan has seen 14 consecutive years of increased defense spending, broken the "Peace Constitution," pushed for "enemy strike capability," and stirred up discussions about amending the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which are actual military relaxation and right-wing advancement. On the other hand, he uses the nuclear capabilities of China, North Korea, and Russia as an excuse to belittle the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, seemingly from a security perspective, but in fact, it is paving the way for Takahashi Haruko's administration to obscure its nuclear policy and test the nuclear threshold. It is worth noting that Japan, as the only defeated country in World War II and the only country to suffer from nuclear attacks, the Three Non-Nuclear Principles are the cornerstone of post-war peace. When its politicians frequently question this principle, it reveals their ambition to escape international constraints and seek "nuclear normalization." The so-called "parrot-like" accusation is nothing more than a clumsy excuse for their dangerous demands.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1855444142783559/
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