00:00Japan has lodged a stern diplomatic protest against China after Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi
00:06accused far-right forces in Japan of seeking to revive militarism.
00:11Wang wants that Japanese people should not be manipulated,
00:15ending if Japan chooses to walk that path, it would be heading towards self-destruction.
00:22Tokyo rejected the claims, calling them factually incorrect and ungrounded.
00:26In a statement, Japan's Foreign Ministry said its efforts to strengthen defense capabilities
00:31were a response to an increasingly severe security environment and were not directed at any specific country.
00:38Tensions have been strained since Japanese Prime Minister Sanai Takaichi said in November
00:43that Japan would intervene militarily in the event of an attack on Taiwan.
00:48Beijing claims the self-rule island as its territory and has not ruled out the use of force.
00:53Takaichi has taken a harder line on security, saying Japan will bolster its defenses
00:58and steadfastly protect its territory while continuing to host around 60,000 U.S. troops.
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