Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper is 'reinvasion-minded': KCNA commentary

The international community condemns Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper as it is "reinvasion-minded," the official Korean Central News Agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday, citing a commentary by an international security analyst.

Japan has set it as a "state policy" to negate its past crimes and realize its ambition to become a military power, while "putting spurs" to the tightening of the alliance with the United States and its followers, said the article.

It noted that Japan described in the white paper the DPRK and other neighboring countries as a "serious and imminent threat" and the "greatest strategic challenge," in a bid to justify its arms buildup.

Japan's political climate, characterized by an "aggression gene," remains unchanged and mutates into more dangerous forms, said the commentary.

"No matter how hard Japan tries to describe its real intention for aggression as 'defense,' it will never conceal its true colors as a root cause of endangering the peace and escalating the tensions in the region," it stressed.

The commentary called on the international community to "sharpen vigilance against Japan's neo-militarist move to seriously destroy the regional peace and security and turn itself into a more dangerous entity."