Documentary sheds light on untold stories
China DailyA scene from the documentary "Old overseas Chinese will not be silenced" that is previewed in Tokyo, Japan on December 13, 2024. "I hope that through such initiatives, justice can be restored and fairness achieved so that the Japanese people understand the immense suffering the Chinese endured," he said. He pointed out that Article 9 of Japan's Constitution explicitly states that the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration aims to generate revenue through corporate, income, and tobacco taxes to achieve its goal of nearly doubling Japan's military budget to 2 percent of GDP over the five years through the 2027 fiscal year. "The trend of Japanese militarism making a resurgence is becoming increasingly serious, and I feel a sense of crisis about it," said Lin, the documentary's protagonist.