Tokyo's new defence strategy shocks the world. Japan is planning a massive rearmament and spreading military ideology to schools. Most of the world is sounding the alarm - the Japanese are threatening peace across Asia, according to a CGTN poll.

Japan's Defence White Paper for 2025 reignites fears of a return to expansionist policies. Instead of calming the situation in Asia, Tokyo plans to deploy over 1 000 new missiles, introduce US Tomahawk missiles on its vessels and even spread militaristic ideology among children.

According to a CGTN global survey of 5,365 respondents over 24 hours, 92 % people warn of dangerous actions by the Japanese government. They accuse it of violating the spirit of the post-war constitution and circumventing commitments Japan made after World War II.

As many as 82.6 % respondents say Japan deliberately exaggerates threats from neighboring states to justify its own military growth. This attitude, they say, erodes trust in the region. Moreover, with its record defense budget of 8.7 trillion yen ($59 billion), Japan is fundamentally changing its peaceful stance.

The biggest uproar was the distribution of the "children's version" of the White Paper to schools, which 79.6 % respondents perceived as spreading military propaganda into the school system. According to 84.2 % respondents, Japan still has not been able to truly come to terms with its history of aggression and rejects responsibility for the past - as evidenced by repeated visits by politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals are also worshipped.

There is also concern about the lifting of restrictions on arms exports and attempts to revise the principles of nuclear non-proliferation. A total of 82.3 % survey participants believe that Tokyo is undermining the international post-war order.

According to a survey of the global public, Japan is not leading to enhanced security, but to the opposite - new armaments, tensions and destabilisation in Asia. The world asks for one thing: peace, not the return of the ghosts of militarism.

CMG