Breaking
19:06 Trump Claims Hormuz Demined, Warns Iran Against Further Mining · 06:07 Hormuz Traffic Falls to Single Vessel as Strait Effectively Closes · 02:07 Iran Strikes Oil Tanker Under US Military Escort off Oman Coast · 21:07 US Removes Syria from State Sponsors of Terrorism List · 20:07 Netanyahu Says Iran Attempted to Assassinate His Son · 12:10 Bessent Declares "Economic D-Day" on Iran in FT Op-Ed, Issues Military Warning · 15:47 Iran's Rial Crosses 2,000,000 per Dollar, Setting Record Low · 12:46 Iran Threatens to Strike Tankers on Alternative Gulf Routes if Sanctions Backed · 01:46 Israeli Forces Enter Southern Syrian Village in Ground Incursion · 09:47 Israeli Artillery Strikes Southern Lebanese Town, Lebanon Front Escalates ·
Wed · 26 Aug 2026

Japan Rejects China's "Militarism" Label, Points to Beijing's Own Buildup

Share
Japan Rejects China's "Militarism" Label, Points to Beijing's Own Buildup

🗾 TOKYO — Beijing called Japan militarist; Tokyo just called it projection. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Koizumi's Shangri-La rebuttal lands while Hegseth is on the same stage warning allies to rearm — the optics are coordinated whether or not they're scripted. Japan's defense expansion under the revised 2022 security strategy is the exact capability Washington needs if CENTCOM stays Gulf-pinned. China's "militarism" framing is a spoiling move against that alliance depth, and Tokyo's public rejection signals it won't absorb the label quietly.

Read more