July 31 — Japan formally established a National Intelligence Agency and convened its first national intelligence meeting. China's foreign ministry called the step a further negative turn in Tokyo's internal and external security policy, accusing Japan of using so‑called "external threats to national security" to accelerate remilitarization, warning it threatens regional peace and stability and has drawn broad international concern, and urging Japanese policymakers to learn from history and act c

2026-07-31

July 31 — Japan formally established a National Intelligence Agency and convened its first national intelligence meeting. China's foreign ministry called the step a further negative turn in Tokyo's internal and external security policy, accusing Japan of using so‑called "external threats to national security" to accelerate remilitarization, warning it threatens regional peace and stability and has drawn broad international concern, and urging Japanese policymakers to learn from history and act cautiously.