April 1, 2015

"The Foreign Ministry rebutted on Wednesday the latest Japanese accusation that China had "unilaterally" changed the status quo in the East China Sea.

The accusation is part of a draft of the Japanese government's 2015 foreign policy report, known as the blue book, set to be published by Tokyo. Its contents were revealed by Kyodo News.

"The facts about the Diaoyu Islands are clear," the spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said. "It is nobody but Japan itself who has taken unilateral measures to change the status quo and create trouble."

The draft also touches on Japanese aggression in the 1930s and 40s. Japan has held to a path of pacifism for 70 years since the end of World War II based on its "deep remorse" over the war, Kyodo quoted the draft as saying."

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