Japan Spreads Rumor about “Threats from Its Neighbors” - What Is This Aimed for?
Date: 23/01/2022 | Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EN) | Read original version at source
Recently, high-ranking political figures of Japan are extensively spreading rumor about the “threats from its neighbors”.
What draws attention is that the emergence of such a historical claim necessitates subsequent moves to beef up the military capability in quality, technique and quantity.
It is already known that Japan is going to revise within this year three major documents - “national security strategy”, “program for defense plan” and “mid-term plan for maintaining defense capability” – which stipulate its defense strategy.
Extremely dangerous is the fact that Japan is going to include in these documents the possession of “capability to attack enemy base”, sharp increase in “defense expenses”, and development and purchase of armaments for preemptive attack such as various missiles including long-range missiles, aircraft carriers, patrol planes, new-type stealth fighters, etc.
In a word, the gravity of the situation lies in the fact that the defense strategy of Japan completely turns into an offensive and aggressive one.
Last century, Japan inflicted immeasurable misfortunes, sufferings and calamities upon the peoples of numerous countries including the Korean people by waging barbarous aggressive wars.
Not only the Korean people but also the peace-loving people of the world still remember that Japan is a heinous aggressor and plunderer that militarily occupied Korea, turned millions of young and middle-aged Koreans into slaves and cannon fodder, and also reduced hundreds of thousands of Korean women into sexual slaves and plundered its natural resources.
Japan, having once plunged our country and other Asian countries in a sea of blood, is now scheming to emerge once again as a dangerous force of aggression under the signboard of “defense”. This is giving rise to deep concern and sharp vigilance from the neighboring countries.
Japan seeks to revise its defense strategy including “national security strategy” within this year while stirring up public opinion about the unprecedented severity of its surrounding situation. This is an extremely dangerous move to unveil its “total defense” and realize at any cost its old dream of “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”.
Japan should be well-advised to reflect on its humiliating defeat caused by the aggressive war of its own ignition and not to act rashly.
Kim Jong Hyok
Researcher, Institute for Studies of Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK
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