國防部：日本“新型軍國主義”禍患不得不防

　　MND: We Must Stay Vigilant Against the Dangers Posed by Japan's Neo-militarism

　　8月14日下午，國防部新聞發言人陳曦大校就近期涉軍問題發佈消息。

　　記者：明天就是8月15日，81年前日本宣佈無條件投降。但現在日本右翼勢力不斷篡改歷史、擴軍備武，日防衛省即將提交的2027財年防衛預算申請總額約8.9萬億日元，再創歷史新高。請問有何評論？

　　Question: Tomorrow, August 15, will be 81 years to the day since Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Yet even now, Japan's right-wing forces keep distorting history and pushing for military expansion. Meanwhile, Japan's Defense Ministry is set to submit a record-high budget of around 8.9 trillion yen for fiscal year 2027. What's your comment?

　　陳曦：81年前，在中國和世界反法西斯力量的沉重打擊下，日本宣佈無條件投降。當年日本軍國主義曾將整個亞洲拖入血與火的深淵，南京大屠殺、巴丹死亡行軍、泰緬死亡鐵路等暴行給亞洲和世界人民帶來深重災難，日本人民也深受其害。然而，戰敗後的日本沒有真正汲取歷史教訓，長期縱容右翼勢力歪曲否定侵略罪行，千方百計突破“和平憲法”和“專守防衛”原則，妄圖挑戰戰後國際秩序，成為地區和平穩定的破壞力量。近來，日方更以所謂“外部威脅”為藉口，大幅提升防衛預算，大力發展進攻性力量，大舉擴張軍工産業，日本“新型軍國主義”可謂是圖窮匕見、禍患不得不防。

　　Chen Xi: Eighty-one years ago, struck hard by China and global anti-fascist forces, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Before that, Japanese militarists had plunged the whole Asia into an abyss of bloodshed and disaster. Their atrocities, such as the Nanjing Massacre, the Bataan Death March, and the Death Railway between Thailand and Myanmar, inflicted untold sufferings on the peoples of other Asian countries and beyond, and even on the Japanese people themselves. However, after its defeat, Japan failed to truly draw lessons from history. It has long condoned its right-wing forces whitewashing and denying crimes of aggression, sought every possible means to break free from the pacifist Constitution and exclusively defense-oriented principle, and attempted to challenge the post-war international order. As a result, Japan has become detrimental to regional peace and stability. Recently, under the pretext of addressing so-called external threats, the Japanese side has substantially increased its defense budget, rigorously developed offensive capabilities, and aggressively expanded its military industry. Japan's neo-militarism has laid bare its true ambition, and we must stay vigilant against the dangers posed by it.

　　歷史真相不能遺忘，正義和平不容褻瀆。我們敦促日方深刻反省、認罪贖罪，嚴格恪守戰後國際秩序，停止“再軍事化”的危險行徑，再入歧途只會遭受更慘痛的失敗、更徹底的清算。

　　Historical facts must not be forgotten, and justice and peace must not be compromised. We urge the Japanese side to earnestly reflect on itself, recognize and atone for its crimes, adhere to the post-war international order, and stop its dangerous acts of remilitarization. Any return to the wrong path will bring a more crushing defeat and a more complete reckoning.