History must not be overturned!
China on Friday urged Japan not to distort history of Nanjing Massacre
In response to a media inquiry regarding reports that the city of Nagasaki plans to complete updates to exhibition panels at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum during fiscal year 2026, including replacing the term "Nanjing Massacre" with "Nanjing Incident" on a display panel, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday that the Nanjing Massacre was a brutal crime committed by Japanese militarism, with overwhelming and irrefutable evidence, and that history must not be distorted.
She said the Tokyo Trial explicitly determined that the atrocities committed by Japanese forces in Nanjing constituted a "massacre," not an "incident."
Mao said the judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East devoted a special section to the atrocities in Nanjing and, based on extensive survivor testimonies, records by third-party foreign witnesses, and Japanese military archives, established through an international judicial ruling the grave crimes committed by the invading Japanese army during the Nanjing Massacre.
Mao said that General Iwane Matsui, held responsible for the Nanjing Massacre, was sentenced to death by hanging as a Class-A war criminal and stressed that history must not be overturned.
She added that many Japanese atomic bomb survivors, civic groups in Nagasaki, and other people of insight have called for a correct and complete account of the crimes and history of Japanese militarism as an aggressor.
Japan should deeply reflect on its wartime crimes and responsibilities and make a clean break with militarism, Mao said.
#NanjingMassacre #NanjingIncident
#NagasakiAtomicBombMuseum
#TokyoTrial #IwaneMatsu #Japan
#Nanjing #Nagasaki #Tokyo
#ChinaMilitary #ChinaMilBugle
Two Chinese think tanks on January 8 jointly release a research report on Japan's nuclear capabilities amid Japanese right-wing forces expanding nuclear ambitions, warning that Japan has the capabilities to develop nuclear weapons within a relatively short timeframe, calling on the international community to be on high alert to thwart any dangerous attempt to revive Japanese militarism and to jointly safeguard the postwar international order and the international nuclear non-proliferation regime.
The research report, released by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (#CACDA) and the China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy (#CINIS), said that Japan's right-wing forces have in recent years repeatedly sought to break through the three-non-nuclear principles long upheld by successive Japanese governments, with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi making ambiguous statements about these principles, even hinting at the possibilities of abandoning them.
The research report also noted that the Japanese side has also stated that the option of introducing nuclear-powered submarines should not be ruled out, while a senior official from the Japanese Prime Minister's Office brazenly claimed that Japan should possess nuclear weapons.
The expanding nuclear ambitions of Japan's right-wing forces constitute a dangerous signal of the revival of Japanese militarism, posing a serious threat to global peace, the two Chinese think tanks said in the research report.
According to the research report, during the World War II, Japan secretly engaged in nuclear weapons research and development. Nowadays, Japan has established a complete nuclear fuel cycle and possesses relatively advanced nuclear industrial capabilities, enabling it to produce weapon-grade plutonium through reactor and spent fuel reprocessing technologies and facilities.
Japan has produced and accumulated plutonium far in excess of the actual requirements of its civilian nuclear energy program, resulting in a long-standing and severe imbalance between the supply and demand of sensitive nuclear materials, the two Chinese think tanks said in their research report, warning that Japan is assessed to possess both the technical and the economic capabilities to develop nuclear weapons within a relatively short timeframe.
The research report noted that Japan also possesses operational platforms capable of delivering nuclear weapons, as well as technical foundations for the development of nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers.
In addition to urging the Japanese Prime Minister to immediately clarify her erroneous remarks, calling on the Japanese government to abide by the three non-nuclear principles, urging Japan to strictly fulfill its non-proliferation, obligations, address the imbalance of plutonium stockpiles, the research report called on the Japanese people with vision to restrain the government from dangerous moves.
The research report called on the 2026 NPT Review Conference to carefully consider this matter, called on the IAEA to strengthen the safeguard on Japan's nuclear material and activities, called on a relevant country to contain Japan's nuclear ambition and abandon providing extended deterrence to Japan, called on relevant countries to ensure their civil nuclear cooperation to remain exclusively for peaceful purposes.
It also encouraged heads of UN and other international organizations to express their clear stance to firmly defend the post-war international order, and encouraged the international academic community to strengthen research in this regard, providing intellectual supports to maintain international non-proliferation regime.
#高市早苗
#TakaichiSanae #Sanae #Takaichi
#JapaneseMilitarism #Militarism #Nuclear
Takaichi’s inflammatory remarks and ambitions for military buildup ignore both legal principles and historical facts. They fundamentally repudiate Japan’s postwar commitment to the Pacifist Constitution and its development as a peace-loving country, exposing the ugly face of a war-seeking state.
高市的狂言和军事扩张设想,���顾法理和历史事实,从根本上否定了日本遵循和平宪法、作为和平国家的发展道路,暴露了“战争国家的丑恶嘴脸”。
By deliberately hyping a so-called “survival-threatening situation,” she is willing to tie the Japanese public to a war chariot that harms neighboring countries. Once the monster of militarism is unleashed, it will inevitably drag Japan into irreversible disaster. As a recent editorial in Japan’s Shakai Shimpo aptly pointed out, “Takaichi’s very existence as prime minister is a survival-threatening situation for Japan.”
其刻意渲染所谓“存亡危机”,不惜将日本民众绑上以邻为壑战车的做法,一旦把军国主义战争怪兽释放出来,必将置日本于万劫不复之地。正如日本《社会新报���一篇社论指出的那样:“高市作为首相的存在本身才是日本的存亡危机。”
Those who forget war will be in danger and those who crave for war will eventually perish. Eighty years ago, the Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots, stood shoulder to shoulder, fought with unyielding resolve, and ultimately defeated the Japanese aggressors. Today, China will never tolerate any resurgence or revival of Japanese militarism in any form.
忘战必危、好战必亡。80年前,包括台湾同胞在内的中国军民同仇敌忾,浴血奋战击败日本侵略者,今日更决不会容忍和姑息日本军国主义沉渣泛起、死灰复燃。
If Japan chooses to disregard warnings, act recklessly, and attempt to military intervene in the Taiwan question, it will surly suffer a crushing defeat against the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. And Japan is bound to suffer a more complete defeat than it did 80 years ago.
日方若一意孤行、铤而走险,武力介入台海局势,必将遭到中国人民解放军的迎头痛击,等待它的必将是比80年前更彻底的失败。
#PLA #Chinamilitary #ChinaMilBugle
#Taiwan #TaiwanStrait
#ShakaiShimpo
#Japan #TakaichiSanae #SanaeTakaichi #高市早苗 #JapaneseMilitarism