{
  "id": 7719779,
  "title": "Chinese defense chief warns against militarism, historical revisionism in veiled jab at Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/chinese-defense-chief-warns-against-militarism-historical-revisionism",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T06:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/16/japan/china-defense-minister-japan/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun cautioned against militarism and historical revisionism during a keynote address at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing. The defense chief emphasized the importance of learning from history and urged caution against \"hegemony, militarism, and historical revisionism,\" according to reports from state-run media. Dong's comments come amid a period of strained relations between China and Japan, with Sino-Japanese ties at their lowest point in decades. The situation has been exacerbated by Japan's recent assertion of its right to intervene militarily in a crisis over Taiwan, following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks in this regard.",
  "summary": "Defense Minister Dong Jun's remarks at the Xiangshan Forum came days after a rare visit to Beijing by a delegation of Japanese lawmakers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Eisuke Mori, Japan’s Lower House chief, discuss energy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ukraines-zelenskyy-and-eisuke-mori-japans-lower-house-chief-discuss",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:50:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}