March 28, 2024
Analysis

In Tokyo, an increasing gap between words and action on North Korea

The Japanese government's position on the threat posed by the DPRK is increasingly contradictory

In its Defense of Japan 2018 White Paper, released on August 28, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlighted an “unprecedentedly serious and imminent threat to Japan’s security.”

It struck a harsher tone than last year’s paper, which only spoke of “a new level of threat."

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