Beijing, China - March 31, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Press conference in progress
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Mao Ning, spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"This incident exposes how deep-seated and harmful the influence of the Japanese right-wingers' ideology and distorted historical views are. According to reports, the National Defense Academy of Japan has a so-called 'custom' of making group visits to the Yasukuni Shrine every year. In 2024, a former senior official of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force even assumed the post of the Yasukuni Shrine's chief priest, marking the first time a retired SDF officer has taken up the top post at the shrine. The SDF has long invited extreme anti-China right-wingers to participate in teaching activities, and their training materials are filled with content that distorts and glorifies the history of Japan's aggression in World War II."
4. Various of reporters, press briefing in progress
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Mao Ning, spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"The parents of the SDF officer who illegally broke into the Chinese embassy stated that he did not exhibit any extreme behavior during his upbringing and education in his hometown, and that they had no idea why he did this. This individual received nine months of reserve officer training in the SDF. What ideologies and education did the SDF instill in him during this period? This warrants attention, investigation and reflection."
6. Reporters, press briefing in progress
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Mao Ning, spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ending with shot 8):
"The rightward turn of the SDF and trend of remilitarization in Japan both deserve heightened vigilance from the international community. China once again urges Japan to thoroughly investigate this incident and take fundamental measures to prevent any recurrence of such events."
8. Reporters, press briefing in progress

The international community needs to stay on heightened alert against the rightward turn of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the trend of remilitarization in Japan, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Mao Ning, the spokeswoman, made the statement at a press conference in Beijing in response to a media inquiry. According to media reports, the SDF officer who had recently broken into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo carrying a knife has been sent to prosecutors by Japanese police.

"This incident exposes how deep-seated and harmful the influence of the Japanese right-wingers' ideology and distorted historical views are. According to reports, the National Defense Academy of Japan has a so-called 'custom' of making group visits to the Yasukuni Shrine every year. In 2024, a former senior official of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force even assumed the post of the Yasukuni Shrine's chief priest, marking the first time a retired SDF officer has taken up the top post at the shrine. The SDF has long invited extreme anti-China right-wingers to participate in teaching activities, and their training materials are filled with content that distorts and glorifies the history of Japan's aggression in World War II," Mao said.

"The parents of the SDF officer who illegally broke into the Chinese embassy stated that he did not exhibit any extreme behavior during his upbringing and education in his hometown, and that they had no idea why he did this. This individual received nine months of reserve officer training in the SDF. What ideologies and education did the SDF instill in him during this period? This warrants attention, investigation and reflection," she continued.

"The rightward turn of the SDF and trend of remilitarization in Japan both deserve heightened vigilance from the international community. China once again urges Japan to thoroughly investigate this incident and take fundamental measures to prevent any recurrence of such events," the spokeswoman noted.

On March 24, Kodai Murata, a 23-year-old second lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, scaled a wall and broke into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo while carrying a knife, threatening to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel.

中国・北京-2026年3月31日（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
1.外交部記者会見
2.記者
3.同録（中国語）外交部　毛寧報道官
「今回の事件は、日本の右翼思想と歪んだ歴史観の悪影響の深さ及び危害の大きさを露呈した。日本の防衛大学校は毎年、集団で靖国神社を参拝する『慣例』があると報じられている。2024年には海上自衛隊の元幹部が靖国神社の宮司に就任、退役した将官が靖国神社の最高職に就くのは初だが、自衛隊では長年にわたり極端な反中思想を持つ極右分子が教学にあたり、教育教材は第二次世界大戦の侵略歴史を歪めて美化する内容に満ちている」
4.記者会見進行中、記者
5.同録（中国語）外交部　毛寧報道官
「中国大使館に不法侵入した自衛官の両親は『地元で学んでいた時期に過激な言動は見られず、なぜ今回のような事件を起こしたか全く分からない』と言う。この人物は自衛隊の幹部候補学校で9カ月間の課程を修了したが、その過程で自衛隊が一体どのような思想を植え付け、どのような教育を行ったのかが注目され、調査と深い考察に値する」
6.記者会見進行中、記者
7.同録（中国語）外交部　毛寧報道官（ショット8で終了）
「日本自衛隊の右傾化や日本の『再軍事化』に国際社会は強く警戒すべきだ。中国は日本に対し、事件を徹底調査して同じ様な事件の再発を根本から防ぐよう改めて求める」
8.記者会見進行中、記者

　日本の自衛官が、在日本中国大使館に刃物を所持し侵入した事件を起こして送検されたことについて、外交部は31日の定例記者会見で「自衛隊の右傾化や日本の『再軍事化』に国際社会は強く警戒すべきだ」と強調した。

　＜外交部　毛寧報道官＞
　「今回の事件は、日本の右翼思想と歪んだ歴史観の悪影響の深さ及び危害の大きさを露呈した。日本の防衛大学校は毎年、集団で靖国神社を参拝する『慣例』があると報じられている。2024年には海上自衛隊の元幹部が靖国神社の宮司に就任、退役した将官が靖国神社の最高職に就くのは初だが、自衛隊では長年にわたり極端な反中思想を持つ極右分子が教学にあたり、教育教材は第二次世界大戦の侵略歴史を歪めて美化する内容に満ちている」

　＜外交部　毛寧報道官＞
　「中国大使館に不法侵入した自衛官の両親は『地元で学んでいた時期に過激な言動は見られず、なぜ今回のような事件を起こしたか全く分からない』と言う。この人物は自衛隊の幹部候補学校で9カ月間の課程を修了したが、その過程で自衛隊が一体どのような思想を植え付け、どのような教育を行ったのかが注目され、調査と深い考察に値する」

　＜外交部　毛寧報道官＞
　「日本自衛隊の右傾化や日本の『再軍事化』に国際社会は強く警戒すべきだ。中国は日本に対し、事件を徹底調査して同じ様な事件の再発を根本から防ぐよう改めて求める」