BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- With some Japanese media hyping an assertive China and missile threat from Pyongyang, the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is maneuvering to pass a record-high defense budget in fiscal 2017 to prop up their patriarch's militarism dream.
However, the 5.1 trillion yen (44.64 billion U.S. dollar) defense budget runs counter to the Japanese people's desire for peace and security, as the fundamental and righteous path to tranquillity lies not in a lust for military force, but in a good-neighborly relationship built upon mutual trust and understanding.
Given the dark role Japan had played during the Second World War and beyond, Tokyo's fifth consecutive year increase of the military budget does nothing at all in trust-building with its neighbors. On the contrary, it serves as the cap lifter of a nightmare of Japanese militarism revival.
The envisaged increase of the defense budget, together with a planned establishment of a panel on installing a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in Japan, is part of the efforts made by the Japanese government towards a "normal country."
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PacificSentinel: Oh come on China... your Propaganda is usually a "little" bit better disguised than this, in your naked hatred of Japan your starting to slip.