North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strongly Condemns Japan's Defense White Paper as Aiming to Legitimize "Militarization and Territorial Aggression"

Japan's Defense White Paper This Year First States 'North Korea Achieves Miniaturization and Warheadization of Nuclear Weapons... Possesses Capability to Attack Japan'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned Japan's 2020 Defense White Paper, which for the first time explicitly stated that "North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities threaten Japan," calling it "an attempt to legitimize militarization and territorial aggression."

The ministry's spokesperson stated on the 15th in a Q&A with a reporter from the Korean Central News Agency, "In the '2020 Defense White Paper' adopted at the Cabinet meeting, the Japanese government babbled nonsense about our nuclear possession and even claimed it poses a new challenge to neighboring countries."

They particularly accused the Abe administration of failing to abandon the bad practice of instilling fear in Japanese society. The spokesperson said, "The Abe regime, whenever given the chance, has been spreading fear in Japanese society by talking about our 'missile threat,' using it to realize their sinister political and military objectives. This shows they have yet to abandon this bad habit. The fundamental purpose is to use our threat as a pretext to legitimize militarization and territorial aggression."

They warned that the Abe administration's military moves would become a fuse that destroys regional peace and stability and hastens destruction.

The spokesperson criticized, "With Japan's expanded military power as a backdrop, Japan has completely shed the guise of exclusive self-defense and openly talks about possessing enemy base strike capabilities aimed at preemptive attacks. Neighboring countries are watching this sharply and are appropriately alert."

They added, "Reckless and extremely dangerous military moves will become a fuse that destroys regional peace and stability, and like a foolish moth flying into the fire and burning to death, will bring about the tragic consequence of hastening the regime's own destruction."

Earlier, the Defense White Paper adopted by the Japanese Cabinet this year included for the first time the content that "North Korea appears to have realized miniaturization and warheadization of nuclear weapons and already possesses the capability to mount them on ballistic missiles to attack Japan."

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