Japan's Reactionaries Kowtow to the U.S. and are 'Ridiculed'

How much do the North Koreans fear and despise Japan? This commentary from the government run Minju Joson, said to be an organ of Kim Jong-il's cabinet, charges Tokyo with 'licking America's boots' to obtain permission to remilitarize Japan and conquer Asia. After the commentary, a brief news item about a visit by Kim Jong-il to the Brigade of soldiers that protect his life, the 'O Jung-hup 7th Brigade.'

December 6, 2006

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Pyongyang: Japan's reactionaries are kowtowing to the U.S., muttering that Japan must intercept missiles flying toward the United States, and that it has no choice but to allow U.S. warships carrying nuclear weapons to pass through Japan's territorial waters. Commenting on this, the Minju Joson [the government newspaper thought to be an organ of Kim Jong-il's cabinet] said on Tuesday:

Japan has the inveterate bad habit of fishing in troubled waters by clinging to the coattails of its master.

Tokyo is now struggling hard to free itself of the binding force of Article 9 of Japan's Constitution. The Japanese chief executive is attempting to revise the constitution, but due to strong opposition from the public and from abroad, no progress has yet been made on the initiative. But the Japanese reactionaries continue to try to reinterpret and modify key elements of the article.

[Editor's Note: Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, which was imposed on it by the U.S. after World War II, says: Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized ].

The Japanese reactionaries conceived of the idea of active security cooperation with the U.S. as a way to attain their sinister purpose. In return for helping the U.S. address its security concerns, the Japanese reactionaries obtain justification for exercising the right to "collective self-defense" outlined on Article 9.

The Japanese reactionaries will leave no method untried to realize their cherished desire to become the "Rulers of Asia" be militarizing Japan. There are no boots that they wouldn't lick to achieve this purpose. Japan is the only country in the world that would struggle so hard to attain so sinister a purpose.

The Japanese reactionaries are naïve enough to think that their troubles will be over once the path to militarist expansion is paved.

The exercise of the "right to collective self-defense" is as foolish an act as jumping into fire with a faggot on one's back. These reactionaries would be well advised to ponder the consequences of their reckless acts and behave themselves.

Kim Jong-il Inspects 'O Jung-hup 7th Brigade'

Pyongyang: General Secretary Kim Jong-il inspected a sub-unit of Korean People's Army Unit 109, which has the honored title of the "O Jung-hup 7th Brigade ." He learned of the sub-unit's performance before inspecting its technical and combat equipment.

[Editor's Note: The 'O Jung-hup 7th Brigade,' was formed to safeguard the life of Kim Jong-il, and is a specially trained unit made up of outstanding officers and enlisted men from the Army, Navy and Air Force. The members of the unit undergo a year of harsh training in rugged mountain terrain. The O Jung-hup 7th Brigade not only guards Kim Jong-il, but it conducts special operations that he orders. Another perk enjoyed by the brigade is the use of live ammunition for training purposes, as much as ten times more than ordinary units .

The Dear Leader set forth the tasks to be undertaken to boost the unit's combat capabilities. He also praised the service men and women of the Brigade for prizing their weapons like apples of their eyes, in the same spirit which was displayed in the way the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters prized their weapons. Its commander is said to enjoy the use four motor vehicles, twice the number allotted to ordinary division commanders, including a Mercedes limousine, a Mercedes jeep, a Russian-made military Uarz jeep and a commander's armored car].

The General Secretary than took great care checking the services and living quarters of the Brigades service people, visiting an education room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a washing and bath house, a non-staple food store, a barn and some other facilities.

Noting that increasing combat capabilities and providing servicepersons with good living conditions is vitally important, he stressed the need for commanding officers to pay close attention to the maintenance of services at all times.

It's only after service people read many books that they truly grasp the policies and line of the Workers' Party of Korea. In this way, he said, they can acquire broad and profound knowledge about politics, economics and culture. He also underscored the need to publish and distribute more books of a wide variety.

As long as the army and people work together, our society will remain invincible and we will be assured one victory after another in out battles with the enemy, the Leader noted. He gave each service person in the Brigade gifts of a pair of binoculars, a machine gun and an automatic rifle, and he then held a photo session with them.

He was accompanied by Korean People s Army Generals Ri Myong-su, Hyon Chol-hae and Pak Jae-gyong, and Hwang Pyong-so, Vice Department Director of the Workers' Party of Korea.