Militarism

TOKYO — Japan’s government said it delivered a “stern demarche” to Beijing on Monday after China’s top foreign policy official accused unnamed “far‑right forces” in Tokyo of seeking to resurrect militarism and warned that such a path would bring “self‑destruction.”

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs registered a formal protest through diplomatic channels following comments by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

Wang’s remarks, made in the Bavarian capital on Saturday and reported by state media, marked a rare and pointed intervention by Beijing in Japan’s domestic political discourse.

At the Munich forum, Wang …