(Original title: Foreign Ministry: Urge the U.S. side of Japan to withdraw the "Titon" interceptor system as soon as possible)

On September 16, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Swed hosted a routine press conference. Reporters asked that the United States hadly deployed the "Thypoon" induction system in Japan as part of the joint exercises between the two countries. The Chinese side had expressed opposition to the deployment of "Thypoon" in the region, saying it had escalated the arms race. What did the spokesman comment on this new trend?

On September 15, local time, the U.S. military for the first time publicly demonstrated the land-based satellite system "Thypoon" at the Japanese Naval Army Corps Air Station.

Lin Ming said that the US and Japanese side despite China's serious concerns, persist in the name of joint exercises, deploying the "Tifong" induction system in Japan, China is strongly dissatisfied with this, resolutely opposed. The United States in Asian countries to deploy the "Tifong" induction system, harm the legitimate security interests of other countries, promote the regional arms race and military confrontation risks, constitute a substantial threat to regional strategic security.

China urges the United States and Japan to face up to the voices of regional countries, correct their wrong practices, and withdraw the "Typhon" intermediate-range missile system as soon as possible.

This year is the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people's War of Resistance against Japan and the World War of Anti-Fascism, we urge Japan to deeply reflect on the history of aggression, adhere to the path of peace, act cautiously in the field of military security, not to be a tiger, do things that disbelieve in Asian neighbors and undermine regional peace and stability.

(CCTV reporter Zhu Ruomeng)

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The U.S. demonstrates the medium-range missile system in Japan for the first time to intensify the regional arms race

According to the World Wide Web report, on September 15, the United States demonstrated the "Typhon" medium-range missile system for the first time at the Iwakuni base in Japan.

The U.S. Department of Defense said the system will participate in the annual U.S.-Japanese bilateral joint military exercise "Decisive Dragon", a two-week exercise that brought together more than 1,90,000 U.S.-Japanese soldiers, focusing on maritime defense and nearshore defense.

According to the Associated Press, the land-based launch device is capable of launching "Standard-6" and "Tax" cruise missiles, its range covering the eastern coast of China and parts of Russia. The system was shipped to the Japanese naval base in the southwest of Japan last month. This deployment is another public debut after Japan's deployment to the Philippines last year, and previous deployments have sparked criticism from China and Russia, condemning the U.S. to intensify the arms race.

German, the commander in charge of the missile system, also pointed out that "Typhon" will withdraw from Japan after the military exercise, but refused to disclose where it will go next or whether it will return to Japan.

In 2024, the U.S. deployed the Tifong medium-range missile system during its annual military exercises in the Philippines. The U.S. Newsweek that although the missile had never been launched in the Philippines, the U.S. had been asked by Marani to keep the launchers in the north of the Philippines. This spring, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegerseth also deployed the Naval Expeditionary Ship Interception System (NMESIS) anti-ship launchers to the Philippines.

In July 2025, the United States sent a "Typhon" launcher to Australia and launched a "Standard-6" missile to hit a maritime target. This was the first live-fire launch of the system outside the United States. According to Reuters, some military analysts pointed out that compared with Australia's live-fire drills, the appearance of "Typhon" in Japan, which is closer to China, may trigger a stronger reaction.

The Japanese military base is seen as part of the U.S. ¡°first island chain.¡± The U.S. isly reassuring regional allies by increasing its military presence and strengthening its military deployment in the region, and the public demonstration of the Tifón system also emphasizes the U.S. military power in the region.

Meanwhile, Japan is also accelerating military construction, increasing military spending, purchasing "war-ax" missiles for its warships, and developing independent medium-range missiles, which is one of its largest military expansion moves since World War II.

China's Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said on August 28 that in recent years, the Japanese side has continuously broken the constraints of the "peaceful constitution" and the "determined defense" promise, on the dangerous path of strong army expansion is going further and further, so that the world is increasingly concerned about its return to the evil path of militarism, this year is the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people's war of resistance to Japan and the world anti-fascist war, in this special historical node, the Japanese side should more deeply learn the lessons of history, and act cautiously in the field of military security.