Pyongyang will make new military choices against Japan’s threat, Kim added.
The sister pointed out Japan’s launch of the long-range cruise missile a few days ago from the Aegis destroyer Chokai of its Self-Defense Forces in the Pacific Ocean, as well as test-firings of other missiles and its participation in a US-led joint military drill in the Philippines in May.
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Tokyo has so far tried to “cover up its ambition for a military giant” and “the US is behind such dangerous military moves of Japan,” Kim said.
To counter Japan’s military activities that may pose a potential threat to the security of North Korea, Kim said Pyongyang “will set up additional military options,” without elaborating.
Japan’s government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in its latest defence white paper that arms production can support economic growth.
The annual assessment of threats posed by neighbouring China, Russia and North Korea calls for Japan, constrained for decades by postwar restrictions on military activity, to harness technology, to fund startups and use more commercial components in weapons production.The white paper “stresses that investment in defence benefits the wider economy and people’s lives”, according to a Defence Ministry presentation document. That message aligns with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s broader use of strategic state spending in an effort to drive economic growth.