China-FM Briefing/Japan

Regional countries will never allow resurgence of Japanese militarism: Chinese FM spokesman

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  • ID : 8499766
  • Dateline : Sept 18, 2026
  • Location : Beijing,China
  • Category : Diplomacy
  • Duration : 2'14
  • Audio Language : Chinese/Nats/Part Mute
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2026-09-18 16:05
  • Last Modified : 2026-09-18 20:31:36
  • Version : 2
  • ID : 8499766
  • Dateline : 18 sept. 2026
  • Location : Beijing,Chine
  • Category : Diplomacy
  • Duration : 2'14
  • Audio Language : Chinois/Nats/Partiellement muet
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : Pas d’accès dans la partie continentale de Chine
  • Published : 2026-09-18 19:52
  • Last Modified : 2026-09-18 20:31:36
  • Version : 2

China-FM Briefing/Japan

Regional countries will never allow resurgence of Japanese militarism: Chinese FM spokesman

Dateline : Sept 18, 2026

Location : Beijing,China

Duration : 2'14

  • English
  • Français


Beijing, China - Sept 18, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of regular press briefing in progress, reporters
2 . SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman (starting with shot 1):
"Ninety-five years ago today, Japanese militarists launched the aggression against China. They were met by the courageous resistance of the Chinese people. It lifted the curtain of the eastern theater of the World Anti-Fascist War. The September 18 Incident was a war plot long concealed by the Japanese government to the Japanese public. The vast majority of the Japanese people did not learn the truth until the Tokyo Trials, which opened exactly 80 years ago. The increasingly prevalent historical denialism in Japan is truly troubling and the danger is self-evident."
3. Reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman (starting with shot 3):
"Even today, Japanese textbooks continue to downplay the nature of Japan’s aggression, and right-wing forces in Japan even use artificial intelligence to systemically filter prewar archives and records of the Tokyo Trials, in an attempt to whitewash Japan’s war crimes and entrench a distorted view of history. Denialism not just reflects serious regression in Japan’s perception of history, but also indicates alarmingly an organized attempt to turn back the wheel of history with clear political motives. The real purpose is to keep the Japanese public from the truth, and clear the path for Japan to escape the straitjacket of the postwar system and rearm itself."
5. Reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman (ending with shot 7):
"To deny the crimes of aggression is to challenge the verdict of history and tear down the postwar international order. We urge the Japanese side to face up to and repent for its history of aggression, and earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the wider international community through concrete actions. It is absolutely essential for China and all other countries in the region to stay on high alert. Japanese militarism must never be revived, and the tragedies of history must never be repeated. We must work together to uphold the outcomes of the World War II victory and jointly safeguard peace."
7. Various of press briefing in progress


All countries in the region, including China, must stay on high alert and never allow militarism to be revived in Japan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

China on Friday commemorated the 95th anniversary of the September 18 Incident, which marked the start of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. And recently, many Japanese media outlets and scholars have warned that the Sanae Takaichi government's security policy is showing a dangerous tendency of "returning to that of the pre-war era", and Japanese society is being caught in an "atmosphere of underestimating war". They said that Japan is on a path similar to that of the 1930s, which must be corrected in a timely manner.

Commenting on that, Guo said "Ninety-five years ago today, Japanese militarists launched the aggression against China. They were met by the courageous resistance of the Chinese people. It lifted the curtain of the eastern theater of the World Anti-Fascist War. The September 18 Incident was a war plot long concealed by the Japanese government to the Japanese public. The vast majority of the Japanese people did not learn the truth until the Tokyo Trials, which opened exactly 80 years ago. The increasingly prevalent historical denialism in Japan is truly troubling and the danger is self-evident."

"Even today, Japanese textbooks continue to downplay the nature of Japan’s aggression, and right-wing forces in Japan even use artificial intelligence to systemically filter prewar archives and records of the Tokyo Trials, in an attempt to whitewash Japan’s war crimes and entrench a distorted view of history. Denialism not just reflects serious regression in Japan’s perception of history, but also indicates alarmingly an organized attempt to turn back the wheel of history with clear political motives. The real purpose is to keep the Japanese public from the truth, and clear the path for Japan to escape the straitjacket of the postwar system and rearm itself," the spokesman continued.

"To deny the crimes of aggression is to challenge the verdict of history and tear down the postwar international order. We urge the Japanese side to face up to and repent for its history of aggression, and earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the wider international community through concrete actions. It is absolutely essential for China and all other countries in the region to stay on high alert. Japanese militarism must never be revived, and the tragedies of history must never be repeated. We must work together to uphold the outcomes of the World War II victory and jointly safeguard peace," Guo said.

ID : 8499766

Published : 2026-09-18 16:05

Last Modified : 2026-09-18 20:31:36

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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