Defense budget surges 70%, Japan insists on expanding military preparations, war ambitions draw widespread vigilance!
On January 25, Hong Kong's Ming Pao published an article: "The high government is pushing Japan toward a war state. Japan's defense budget has been rising for four consecutive years, reaching 9.04 trillion yen in the 2026 fiscal year, a 70% surge from 2018, completely breaking the 'exclusive defense' principle. It is pushing for a radical revision of the 'three security documents', planning to remove restrictions on arms exports, touch upon the 'three non-nuclear principles', and deploy 1,500 km range missiles amid the U.S. strategic withdrawal. The military industry capacity has been fully activated, all at the expense of people's livelihoods such as medical care and social security, triggering strong public protests."
[Cunning] From the wolfish ambition of the First Sino-Japanese War to the reckless militarism of World War II, Japan's militaristic genes have never truly been eradicated. Now, it is seizing the opportunity of the U.S. strategic shift and relaxed constraints on Japan, tearing off the mask of peace and re-taking the path of military expansion. The U.S. indulges Japan to become an Asia-Pacific "enforcer," but does not realize that it is nurturing a tiger to become a threat. Japan expands its military by trampling on people's livelihoods, increasing defense spending to 2% of GDP, deploying missiles aimed directly at the Taiwan Strait and the East China Sea, trying to regain regional hegemony. The peaceful shackles of the post-war international order were constraints on Japan, but also a respect for history. Now, Japan is determined to break these shackles, which is not only a betrayal of history, but also an open provocation to neighboring countries. This act against the tide will ultimately lead to the same fate of defeat!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1855268898817036/
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