At a Nov 5 regular briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Japan’s expedited revision of three security documents sharply raises defense outlays—doubling spending—and develops offensive capabilities, a clear acceleration of remilitarization. Guo called Tokyo’s claim of responding to the “greatest strategic challenge” a pretext for military expansion and said there is domestic concern in Japan that its pacifist identity is being eroded and that the shift will hurt the economy and

At a Nov 5 regular briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Japan’s expedited revision of three security documents sharply raises defense outlays—doubling spending—and develops offensive capabilities, a clear acceleration of remilitarization. Guo called Tokyo’s claim of responding to the “greatest strategic challenge” a pretext for military expansion and said there is domestic concern in Japan that its pacifist identity is being eroded and that the shift will hurt the economy and livelihoods. He said Japan’s move breaks its “exclusively defensive” posture, seriously threatens regional peace and the postwar international order, and that the international community must be highly vigilant and jointly restrain it.