The following is an edited transcript of the December 26, 2025 remarks by Rachel Clark to the 134th meeting of the International Peace Coalition. Ms. Clark is an independent interpreter, lifetime member of Veterans for Peace, volunteer staff member of Peace Boat U.S., and an active member of the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Free World. Subheads have been added. The video is available here.

Hello, everyone! My name is Rachel Clark. I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season! Given this opportunity today, I am deeply grateful to be able to talk to you about the remilitarization of Japan.

As you know, the current proxy war in Ukraine started at least as early as 2014. In eight years prior to the Russian invasion in 2022, 14,000 Eastern Ukrainians were killed by the shelling of the Kiev regime, which has been conveniently forgotten in the Western media. Along with Ukraine, preparations were steadily advancing in East Asia at that time, leading to the current tensions.