Japan-Militarism/Expert
Japan-Militarism/Expert
Dateline : Recent/File
Location : Japan
Duration : 2'01
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Nov 20, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. National Diet building, pedestrians
Tokyo, Japan - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Matsushima Yasukatsu, professor, Ryukoku University (partially overlaid with shot 3/ending with shot 4):
"So far, the Japanese government's attempt to breach the Three Non-Nuclear Principles by allowing the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan means that the restrictions on the nuclear issues of Japan, a peace-loving nation, will gradually disappear. I am deeply concerned."
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FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Nov 20, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Japanese prime minister's office, pedestrian, signal
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4. National Diet building
Tokyo, Japan - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Matsushima Yasukatsu, professor, Ryukoku University (partially overlaid with shot 6):
"This could be intended to suppress those who voice opinions critical of the Japanese government or report on such matters, including the activities of political parties. It may restrict speech and activities and exert pressure. I believe Japan is currently at a major turning point. To maintain Japan's status as a peaceful nation, we shall prevent the revision of Article 9 of the Constitution in particular. I believe the Japanese government's current new militarism must be corrected as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will ultimately be the ordinary people of Japan who will be sacrificed."
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FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Nov 20, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of National Diet building, pedestrians, traffic
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7. Various of Japanese prime minister's office, security guards, traffic
Japan's neo-militarism, characterized by dangerous moves such as pushing for military expansion and constitutional revision, poses risks to regional peace and stability, according to a Japanese professor in Tokyo.
Matsushima Yasukatsu, the professor at Japan's Ryukoku University, told China Central Television (CCTV) in a recent interview: "So far, the Japanese government's attempt to breach the Three Non-Nuclear Principles by allowing the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan means that the restrictions on the nuclear issues of Japan, a peace-loving nation, will gradually disappear. I am deeply concerned."
Recently, the Japanese government has made a series of dangerous policy changes, including expanding the defense budget, attempting to breach the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, lifting restrictions on lethal weapons exports, and pushing for changes to the country's postwar pacifist constitution.
These moves have sparked opposition and concern across Japanese society.
The Three Non-Nuclear Principles, not possessing, not producing and not allowing the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory, were first declared in the Diet, Japan's parliament, by then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in 1967 and viewed as a national credo.
Japan's Constitution, which took effect in 1947, is often referred to as the pacifist Constitution, as Article 9 states that the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of a nation, which will not threaten or use force to settle international disputes.
Yasukatsu said that if the Japanese government continues to pursue the wrong course, it will only undermine the pacifist constitution.
Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill in late April to establish the National Intelligence Council, aiming to create the country's first centralized national-level intelligence system since World War II. Recently, the bill has entered deliberation in the House of Councilors.
Yasukatsu expressed concern that once such an agency is established, it could restrict freedom of speech and revive the pre-war trend of strengthening social control in the name of national security.
"This could be intended to suppress those who voice opinions critical of the Japanese government or report on such matters, including the activities of political parties. It may restrict speech and activities and exert pressure. I believe Japan is currently at a major turning point. To maintain Japan's status as a peaceful nation, we shall, in particular, prevent the revision of Article 9 of the Constitution. I believe the Japanese government's current neo-militarism must be corrected as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will ultimately be the ordinary people of Japan who will be sacrificed," he said.
ID : 8478933
Published : 2026-05-12 13:54
Last Modified : 2026-05-12 18:38:34
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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