What Does China Mean When It Warns of Japanese “Neo-Militarism”? (opens in new tab)

At this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi publicly pushed back against Beijing’s increasingly harsh criticism of Japan. He remarked that it was strange for China possessing a vast arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers to accuse Japan of embracing “new militarism.” The distinction in wording, however, deserves closer attention. The term […] The post appeared first on .