Ministry of National Defense spokesman says Japan's defense white paper "plays the same old tune by making presumptuous comments" about China's military development.
Japanese authorities killed sick Chinese miners by throwing them into iron ore furnaces during World War II, according to the latest in a series of publications of confessions by Japanese war criminals.
Japanese troops tortured Chinese people brutally during the war of aggression to China, according to World War II officer Shozo Tsukutani's written confession published on Tuesday.
The timing of the release of Japan's defense white paper, just one day before the anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, may raise a few eyebrows.
Japan is "deliberately hyping the threat from China, seeking excuses for its military and security policy maneuvers as well as its armaments expansion", said Chinese defense ministry.
South Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan's renewed territorial claim to a pair of islets, called Dokdo here and Takeshima in Japan lying halfway between the two countries.
The Japanese government has recently provoked disputes on historical issues and made unprecedented dramatic changes to its security policy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman says.
Japan and China are trying to arrange two-way talks between their leaders at a summit of APEC leaders in November in Beijing, in a bid to mend ties strained over a territorial spat and wartime history, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday.
In a move that certainly angered China, Japan announced Friday that it gave names to 158 remote islets, including five islets belonging to China's Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
The Foreign Ministry said Japan's unilateral decision to name China's Diaoyu Islands was "invalid" as it persisted in fueling lingering territorial tensions.
China on Friday opposed Japan's naming of five islets belonging to the Diaoyu Islands, saying the move is illegal and invalid.
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Procuratorate confirmed on Wednesday that it is filing charges against a Japanese legislator for allegedly smuggling drugs.
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