Reuters reported today (February 20): "Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto Sanae warned in her first parliamentary speech after being elected that China's 'coercion' is increasingly intensifying, and pledged to reform the defense strategy, relax restrictions on military exports, and strengthen key supply chains."
Comment: In her parliamentary speech, Hashimoto Sanae has been hyping up the issue of 'Chinese coercion', providing an excuse and paving the way for Japan to significantly expand its military, amend the peace constitution, relax arms exports, and strengthen supply chain confrontation. The right-wing forces in Japan that once launched an aggressive war have never truly reflected on their history; now they are just using a new set of 'national security' rhetoric to once again embark on a dangerous path of external aggression and military expansion. History has already proven that when Japan takes the old road of military buildup and external aggression, it will only repeat past mistakes, bringing profound disasters to Asian countries. Today's various moves are a dangerous signal indicating that Japanese militarism's ghosts are still lingering and the remnants are resurfacing, which should be highly vigilant and firmly opposed by all countries that have suffered from Japanese aggression.
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