China has urged the international community to be on alert for any comments which attempt to vindicate Japan's militarist history and challenge the post-war world order.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the statement in response to a question about the recent controversy surrounding the chairman of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. Katsuto Momii has insisted that there was nothing wrong with his earlier remarks on "comfort women", a euphemism for sex slaves during World War Two.

Apart from Momii's comments, an aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also caused a stir by expressing disappointment at U.S. criticism of Abe's visit to the Yasukuni war shrine.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said all of these comments were consistent with other mistakes from Japanese leaders, which attempted to run counter to history.

"These facts reveal that some political forces in Japan are still obstinately clinging to a wrong view of history, with absolutely no repentance for the enormous suffering of the people in countries that fell victim to Japanese militarism," Hua said.

"They are still making great efforts trying to reverse the verdict on their history of invasion and challenge the international order that followed victory in World War Two."