On the 8th, the Korean Central News Agency published an article by a critic on international security issues, saying that Japan's new militarists are creating wars and reviving invading countries, and the peaceful and secure environment in Northeast Asia is slipping towards an increasingly dangerous situation. The article said that from the 7th to the 11th, in the Korean Peninsula region, the United States, Japan, and South Korea are conducting joint military exercises on the “Freedom Blade”. From the 8th to the 24th, in the region centered around Hokkaido, Japan's Self-Defense Forces will work with the US and Australian military to conduct a “Eastern Shield” joint exercise on a scale larger than previous sessions. According to reports, the “Eastern Shield” joint exercise will use the US military's “Tsutsumi” medium-range missile system deployed in Japan. The article points out that in recent years, Japan has squandered huge military spending to frantically advance the actual deployment of long-range strike methods, and is now colluding with the US and other countries to insist on promoting bilateral and multilateral joint military exercises, entirely due to the insidious intention of trying to improve actual combat capabilities to deal with neighboring countries such as North Korea. The article said that over 80 years after Japan's defeat, it has been calling for so-called “unsinkable aircraft carriers,” handing over the entire archipelago from Hokkaido to Kyushu to the US to act as a nuclear outpost and military base for invading North Korea. The article warns that Japan's new militarists' attempt to turn the entire archipelago into an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” will inevitably lead to serious disaster.

On the 8th, the Korean Central News Agency published an article by a critic on international security issues, saying that Japan's new militarists are creating wars and reviving invading countries, and the peaceful and secure environment in Northeast Asia is slipping towards an increasingly dangerous situation. The article said that from the 7th to the 11th, in the Korean Peninsula region, the United States, Japan, and South Korea are conducting joint military exercises on the “Freedom Blade”. From the 8th to the 24th, in the region centered around Hokkaido, Japan's Self-Defense Forces will work with the US and Australian military to conduct a “Eastern Shield” joint exercise on a scale larger than previous sessions. According to reports, the “Eastern Shield” joint exercise will use the US military's “Tsutsumi” medium-range missile system deployed in Japan. The article points out that in recent years, Japan has squandered huge military spending to frantically advance the actual deployment of long-range strike methods, and is now colluding with the US and other countries to insist on promoting bilateral and multilateral joint military exercises, entirely due to the insidious intention of trying to improve actual combat capabilities to deal with neighboring countries such as North Korea. The article said that over 80 years after Japan's defeat, it has been calling for so-called “unsinkable aircraft carriers,” handing over the entire archipelago from Hokkaido to Kyushu to the US to act as a nuclear outpost and military base for invading North Korea. The article warns that Japan's new militarists' attempt to turn the entire archipelago into an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” will inevitably lead to serious disaster.