Japanese defense ministry has recently decided to create a new post of integrated commander exercising unified command over the ground, maritime and air “Self-Defense Forces”, together with unified command to back it up, and got down to the work to review its form, site of set-up and others.

Reportedly, there will be a speedy coordination to ensure that the post of the integrated commander would be contained in three documents, including the “national security strategy” to be revised by the government by the end of this year.

It is said that the Japanese defense ministry, when deliberating on establishing a new mechanism, decided that it needs to increase their mobility by establishing the new office dedicated to the operation of units, taking into consideration its responses to new realms of security–Taiwan emergency, space, cyber and electromagnetic waves security.

It is a well-known fact that Japan has long been pushing ahead with the work to reorganize its “SDF” into offensive aggression forces.

It promoted its defense agency to defense ministry and newly organized various units including the ground component corps, amphibious rapid deployment brigade, cyber defense corps, space operations corps and electronic operations corps. By doing so, it has expanded in stages the operational theater and capacity of the “Self-Defense Forces”.

What is noteworthy is that it took the changes in international situation evolving over the Ukrainian crisis as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for gaining nationwide concern over defense” and a “golden opportunity to break free from military restraints and recover its old position”. And it is seeking to achieve its aggressive objective while maximizing the “threats” from its neighbouring countries.

It is also bent on completing the military command system, to say nothing of military expansion such as increased military expenditure to astronomical figures and possession of “counterattack capability”.

What Japan wants to achieve through the swift and coordinated operation of its “Self-Defense Forces” is to perfect its preparations to conduct war at any time by ensuring surprise attack in the use of its military force, and precision, efficiency and mobility of preemptive strike in all spheres of outer space, cyber space and in the field of electromagnetic waves, to say nothing of the land, sea and air.

The new establishment of the integrated commandership and unified command is a dangerous act to reinforce its armament and complete its war preparations for overseas reinvasion on the pretext of the changed international situation.

Japan should wise up to the fact that it will only hasten its self-destruction if it loses control of itself and rushes headlong to overseas reinvasion.