Japan's largest anti-war protests in decades demonstrate that people across the country are increasingly aware that a return to militarism will lead to a dead end, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry has said.

The protest came after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration announced to push for revising Japan's constitution, which has been met with widespread opposition in the country.

On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun asked whether, by pushing for military expansion and breaching its pacifist constitution as well as stipulations in domestic and international laws, Japan's right-wing forces are trying to turn Japan into a country for war or to bring war back to the Asia Pacific.

Guo added that, by using self-defense and an external threat as pretexts, Japan's right-wing forces are gambling with the livelihoods of the Japanese people and jeopardizing peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

All peace-loving nations and Japanese people should reject the remilitarization scheme of Japan's right-wing forces and stem the rise of neo-militarism, Guo said.