Japan's intelligence bureau is another negative move in its security policy: Foreign Ministry

The establishment of the National Intelligence Bureau is another negative move in Japan's domestic and foreign security policies, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday, urging Japanese lawmakers to learn lessons from history and act prudently.

Japan launched its new National Intelligence Bureau on Friday, marking the establishment of the country's first centralized national intelligence system since World War II.

Japan's prior intelligence community paved the way for the country to fully advance militarism and launch war of aggression, which led to innumerable crimes against its Asian neighbors and Japan's own people, Mao said.

Recently, Japan has been ramping up remilitarization efforts under the pretext of the so-called national security and external threat, which put regional peace and stability at risk and raised widespread concerns across the international community, Mao added.