China Labels Japan's Weapons Export Loosening 'New Militarism' Amid Near-Taiwan Missile Plans
Key escalations in China-Japan tensions:
- Japan's LDP approves proposal to ease lethal weapons exports (warplanes, frigates), potentially effective...

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Key escalations in China-Japan tensions:
Tokyo voices decry PM Takaichi's expansion: Former official Koga Shigeaki calls for ditching her "military powerhouse route" for pacifism; activist...
Escalating tensions as Japan's LDP advances lethal arms exports:
Key development: Japan's ruling LDP passes proposal to loosen weapons export restrictions and strengthen military autonomy.
Japan accelerates Taiwan-proximate defenses with Type-03 SAMs on Yonaguni by 2030-2031—just 68 miles away.
Emerging coordinated PRC narrative portrays Japan's military moves as aggressive yet inferior:
Japan's forward defenses sharpen amid Taiwan tensions and regional drills:
Strategic parallels heighten China's Taiwan threat, per book analysis:
Strategic pivot: LDP Security Committee approves draft easing defense exports, explicitly to counter China's controls on Japanese firms and bolster...
Japan-Taiwan security ties strengthen via SSRI seminars, viewing both as a community of shared fate amid East Asia tensions.
Key topics...
Japan's Takaichi suddenly softens rhetoric, labeling China-Japan as good neighbors, as Tokyo adjusts to its key ally Trump arranging a China visit for talks—undermining Japan's bid to leverage US support against Beijing.
MOFCOM's targeted coercion hits 20 key Japanese defense firms like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding and IHI, banning dual-use exports to curb...
PRC sharply rebukes Japanese PM Takaichi Sanae for linking Taiwan crisis to US-Japan citizen rescue, seeing it as a pretext for alliance-driven...
Calibrated coercion targets Japan's military firms amid tensions: