In response to a question from a Global Times reporter asking for the comment on the extremely vile act of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member who broke into the Chinese Embassy in Japan and was referred to prosecutors on Thursday, Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, deputy director-general of the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defense and the ministry spokesperson, said on Thursday that the incident is of an extremely vile nature. It reflects the grim reality that the rampant right-wing extremist ideology in Japan has deeply infiltrated and influenced the Self-Defense Forces.

The Japanese side must immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the incident, severely punish the perpetrator, and give a responsible explanation to China, the spokesperson said.

Jiang noted that the international community should also clearly see the dangerous trend of Japan's accelerating rightward shift and the lack of proper management over the expansion of its Self-Defense Force. It should recognize the serious consequences of Japan's neo-militarism gaining momentum and causing harm, and prevent it from endangering regional and global peace and security.