Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made open explanation about his Cabinet's decision to allow the country to exercise collective self-defense right.
Ignoring strong protests from home and abroad, the Japanese cabinet approved a resolution that would allow the country to exercise the so-called "collective self-defense right" by reinterpreting its pacifist Constitution.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has effectively gutted the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's postwar Constitution.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is leading his country down a dangerous path as his cabinet is poised to approve a so-called constitutional "reinterpretation" that essentially guts Japan's pacifist charter.
Asia's largest military brothel during World War II has been officially listed as a city-level heritage site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.
Japan's latest revisionism is fueling tension over the East China Sea, making a political settlement more unlikely, senior officials warned.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying asks the Japanese side to show remorse for its history of aggression.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed deep regret over Japan's review of the so-called Kono Statement.
Chinese experts criticize Japan, as it looks to further loosen legislative restrictions on sending troops into war zones.
A prominent general of the Chinese military urged Japan on Tuesday to "immediately stop dangerous moves that endanger China-Japan maritime and airspace security".
The Japanese government's behavior on the Diaoyu Islands issue has brought troubles for the China-US ties, former US congressman David Wu said.
Japan's recent charge that Chinese jet fighters drew "unusually close" to its military aircraft on a provocative flight over the East China Sea is simply a cover for its despicable plan for a military build-up.