BEIJING, Dec. 5 -- "Should the Japanese side insist on barreling down the wrong path, it will provoke widespread outrage and will ultimately face the judgment of both history and justice," said a Chinese defense spokesperson on December 5, 2025.
The Chinese Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Jiang Bin made the above remarks at a regular press briefing on Friday, when being asked to comment on media reports that the Japanese government recently approved a supplementary budget proposal for fiscal year 2025, increasing its total defense expenditure to $11 trillion yen and achieving the goal of defense spending accounting for 2% of GDP ahead of schedule. In addition, the Japanese side is in negotiations with the Philippine side on the export of Japan Self-Defense Force's Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile.
Spokesperson Jiang Bin pointed out that in recent years, Japan has repeatedly breached its commitments under the pacifist Constitution, substantially increased its defense budget, pushed for the export of lethal weapons, and sought to revise its three non-nuclear principles. "As it fastened the pace of loosening restrictions on military development, Japan's militarism is poised to make a comeback," he said.
The spokesperson quoted a Chinese saying that "Individuals can't establish themselves without being trusted, just as a nation can't thrive without being credible," and urged the Japanese side to fully meet its obligations as a defeated country in WWII in accordance with international law, stop challenging the post-war international order, refrain from sabotaging peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific, and not to say one thing but do another.
