BEIJING -- A Chinese military spokesman on Thursday said that Japan's unrestrained development of satellite-jamming technology is accelerating the weaponization and militarization of space, and fueling a space arms race, which is extremely dangerous and unpopular.

Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a press conference in response to a media query about Japan's claim to have made substantive progress in technologies that could disrupt satellites of other nations, as well as media analysis warning the risk of a "Pearl Harbor incident" in space.

Maintaining lasting peace and security in space is vital to the security, development, and prosperity of all nations, Zhang said.

Given that Japan's vicious militarists once launched sneak attacks and that the country is now taking an offensive space policy, it is hardly surprising that there are growing concerns of another Pearl Harbor scenario, he said.