Japanese Right-Wing Campaign Harnesses AI to Reshape WWII Narratives in Global Models

China's Foreign Ministry expressed grave concern on July 29, 2026, over a large-scale campaign by Japanese right-wing forces using artificial intelligence to mass-produce disinformation about World War II history, warning that the distorted narratives risk poisoning international AI systems. The effort, exposed by Asahi Shimbun in recent months, represents an industrial-scale operation leveraging generative AI to deny war crimes, particularly the Nanjing Massacre, and to reframe Japan's invasion of China as a humanitarian mission.