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China accused Japan's defense minister on Monday of spreading baseless claims and sowing confusion, urging the international community to stay on high alert to prevent and suppress the rise of Japanese neomilitarism.

周一，中方指责日本防卫大臣发表毫无根据的言论、制造舆论混乱，呼吁国际社会保持高度警惕，防范和遏制日本新军国主义抬头。

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian made the statement at a daily news briefing in Beijing, after Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi recently pledged to keep strengthening the military and rejected Japan being labeled a neomilitarist country at a Singapore forum.

日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎近日在新加坡一场论坛上表态，将持续强化军力，并否认日本存在新军国主义倾向。针对该言论，中国外交部发言人林剑在北京例行记者会上作出上述回应。

Lin said Koizumi's remarks were totally groundless given historical facts, legal grounds and figures on the matter, adding that such a stance makes it impossible for Japan to earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community.

林剑表示，结合历史事实、法理依据和相关数据来看，小泉进次郎的言论完全站不住脚。日方此类表态，根本无法赢得亚洲邻国及国际社会的信任。

Japanese militarists committed horrendous crimes in World War II and inflicted untold suffering to its Asian neighbors and Allied nations, Lin said.

林剑指出，二战期间，日本军国主义犯下滔天罪行，给亚洲邻国及同盟国人民带来了深重灾难。

To prevent the revival of Japanese militarism, a series of instruments with legal effect under international law — including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation — clearly require Japan to be "completely disarmed" and not to maintain such industries as "would enable her to re-arm for war", he said.

他表示，为杜绝日本军国主义死灰复燃，《开罗宣言》《波茨坦公告》等一系列具有国际法效力的文件明确规定，日本必须彻底解除武装，不得保留可用于战时重整军备的工业体系。

Despite such restrictions, Japan's latest defense budget has exceeded 9 trillion yen ($56 billion), hitting a record high for 14 consecutive years, he added.

他补充道，尽管存在上述国际法约束，日本最新国防预算已突破9万亿日元（约合560亿美元），连续14年创下历史新高。

Citing more figures signaling Japan's expanding mi