Acting strongly 'in the Korean crisis: Pyongyang sees danger of' Japanese reinvasion '

For Japan, the threats from North Korea are reaching a level never before seen, so the country believes it is necessary to take measures, which are considered by North Korea as "reinvasion of the Korean peninsula".

According to official figures, the coalition of the Liberal Democrat Party (PLD) and Komeito won more than two-thirds of the 465 seats in the Lower House in last Sunday's elections.

On Monday (23), during the election victory speech, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to "act strongly" to resolve the North Korean crisis.

From a Japanese point of view, the threat posed by North Korea has reached "critical and imminent level", so the US, Japan and South Korea should address the issue together, the Defense Minister said on Monday Japanese, Itsunori Onodera, informs Reuters.

"The threat of North Korea has reached an unprecedented, critical and imminent level, so we must take calibrated and different measures to meet the threat level," said the Japanese minister during talks with his South Korean counterparts, Song Young-Moo. American, James Mattis.

As a reaction to North Korea's recent events, the country in response has accused the Japanese government of preparing for "reinvasion" of the Korean peninsula, according to the statement issued by the KCNA state agency after the victory of the coalition of the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, in the legislative elections held in the country on October 22.

According to the paper quoted by The Japan Times newspaper, Japanese reactionaries "seek to gratify their ambition to stay in power and pave the way to re-invade the Korean peninsula in order to fulfill their former dream of the Coprosperity Sphere of Greater East Asia ". Pyongyang refers to the territories occupied by the Empire of Japan at the time of World War II.

At the same time, Pyongyang also criticizes Tokyo for "providing logistical assistance to US troops."

North Korea indicates "to be absolutely clear that Japan is advancing in the preparations for reinvasion, which has reached the final stage with the support of the United States." Given the whole situation, the North Korean government "has the right to take tough countermeasures to defend itself".

In addition, the North Korean side warned Japanese reactionaries not to lose control because they "are well aware of North Korea's strategic position as a" juche "nuclear power [term that defines the ideology of North Korean sovereignty and politics] and as a world power. "

The tension in the peninsula in Korea has only increased with repeated ballistic tests. The international community is trying to put pressure on Kim Jong-un by means of sanctions, but so far North Korea has not discontinued its ballistic and nuclear tests and shows no interest in doing the will of other countries.