[Ministry of Defense: Japan’s voyeurism and interference with China’s legitimate actions exposes paranoia of persecution] On October 29, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference. The spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, answered reporters’ questions. Reporter: According to reports, the Japanese Ministry of Defense recently released data stating that from April to September this year, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force responded to emergency launches of Chinese and Russian military aircraft 442 times, an increase of nearly 70% from the same period last year, including 285 times against Chinese military aircraft and 152 times against Russian military aircraft. The Japanese Defense Minister claimed that the China-Russia joint patrol was a "show of force" against Japan. Do you have any comment on this? Zhang Xiaogang: This is Japan's usual method of inciting the so-called "peripheral security threats". It publishes similar data in a pretentious manner to criticize and smear China. This just proves Japan's dangerous behavior of frequently spying on China and Russia and disrupting legitimate actions of China and Russia. It also exposes Japan's self-intimidation paranoia of persecution. We advise the Japanese side to put away this set of mysterious tricks and stop creating and exaggerating tension.