At a May 28 briefing, China's Ministry of National Defense spokesman said Japan has stepped up militarization of space, citing the JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTRY's release of measures to bolster space defenses and its claim to have activated a low‑Earth‑orbit military reconnaissance satellite constellation. Beijing said Tokyo has increased defense spending, coordinated foreign partners for joint space exercises, built a space military-intelligence architecture and is seeking to develop and deploy space

At a May 28 briefing, China's Ministry of National Defense spokesman said Japan has stepped up militarization of space, citing the JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTRY's release of measures to bolster space defenses and its claim to have activated a low‑Earth‑orbit military reconnaissance satellite constellation. Beijing said Tokyo has increased defense spending, coordinated foreign partners for joint space exercises, built a space military-intelligence architecture and is seeking to develop and deploy space weapons—moves that raise the risk of space weaponization and an arms race and undermine global strategic stability, the ministry said.