[Ministry of Defense: Encouraging Japan’s “new type of militarism” will push the region into a dangerous vortex] September 14th, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Jiang Bin, released news on the afternoon of September 14th on recent military-related issues. Reporter: According to reports, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. and Australian armies will hold the "Eastern Shield 26" joint exercise in Hokkaido, Kagoshima and other places in Japan from September 8 to 24. The U.S. "Typhon" medium-range missile system will participate in the exercise for the first time. Any comment on this? Jiang Bin: The exercise is packaged in the name of "Shield", but in fact it promotes the forward deployment of strategic offensive weapons, harms the normal security interests of other countries, increases the risk of regional arms race and military confrontation, and seriously threatens regional security and stability. We are firmly opposed to this. In recent years, Japan has continuously broken through its pacifist constitution and exclusive defense principles, vigorously developed long-range offensive weapons, accelerated "re-militarization" through foreign military exercises, pursued military expansion, and catered to foreign forces to introduce camp confrontation, artificially creating regional tension, and step by step embarking on the evil path of "new militarism." Any move that encourages Japan's military ambitions will only push the region into a dangerous whirlpool and will surely bring disaster to itself. We urge relevant countries to earnestly respect the security concerns of other countries, correct wrong practices, and take practical actions to play a positive role in regional peace and stability.