BGSJI and KFA UK support statement of comrade Kim Yo Jong titled "War criminal state Japan's possession of the capability for preemptive attack is a grave threat destroying global peace and security"

  BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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              5 August  2026
The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI), and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK )  , issued a joint statement in support of the press statement of comrade  Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea which was titled "War criminal state Japan's possession of the capability for preemptive attack is a grave threat destroying global peace and security" and made on the 5th of August ;

In her press statement comrade Kim Yo Jong  rightly calls out Japan as a war criminal state which is being transformed into a war state . Comrade Kim Yo Jong is correct to draw attention to the danger posed by imperialistic Japanese militarism , a danger that is all too frequently ignored.

Japan tested a US-Tomahawk cruise missile, launching from the Chokai warship in the Pacific Ocean on July 29. Japan has also participated in war exercises with the US imperialists and also deployed surface to ship missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometres.

It is all too obvious that Japan is looking to achieve pre-emptive strike capablities and that its main target is the DPRK. The US imperialists are behind the dangerous moves of Japan as they have supplied the Tomahawk missiles to Japan .

Comrade Kim Yo Jong stresses that " If the descendants of militarism, who have inherited the genes of cunning and aggression, have seized deadly weapons in their hands, something unpleasant will happen.

There is no guarantee that Japan, a war criminal state which has gradually made a political, military and legal footing for reinvasion, while denying and embellishing its history of aggression, will not inflict tragic disaster upon humankind again in case the preemptive attack capability is in its hands"

This is indeed very true . Japan is threatening world peace.

The DPRK will not be passive in the face of these threats by the Japanese militarists but will set up additional military options to counter Japan's rapid militarization.

We support the just stand of the DPRK against Japanese imperialism !

BGSJI

KFA UK

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, August 5 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement "War criminal state Japan's possession of the capability for preemptive attack is a grave threat destroying global peace and security" on August 5:

Japan, a war criminal state, is accelerating its transformation into a war state, taking advantage of the acute and variable trend of the present international situation in which global geopolitical conflicts and inter-camp confrontation are getting fiercer.

Some days ago, Japan conducted a test-fire of Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles loaded on Aegis destroyer Chokai of the Japan Maritime "Self-Defense Force" in the Pacific Ocean.

Earlier, it took part in the U.S.-led joint military drills on the northern coast of Luzon Island, the Philippines in May and committed the launch of offensive missiles outside its territory for the first time after its defeat.

Such military actions prove that Japan's moves to formulate the possession of the capability for preemptive attack through the revision of the "national security strategy" at the end of 2022, contrary to the international law and its constitution which disallowed the possession of war potentials, the right to participate in a war and the right to belligerency, are entering the stage of the actual act.

In March, Japan deployed type 12 surface-to-ship guided missiles with a range of about 1,000 km and type 25 high-speed gliding projectiles flying at supersonic speed at high altitude at the posts of the Ground "Self-Defense Force" in Kumamoto and Shizuoka prefectures respectively, thus opening up the prelude to the possession of the capability for preemptive attack.

Recently, it deployed the launcher of type 12 surface-to-ship guided missiles and a reconnaissance drone for confirming the target position on its island in the Pacific Ocean. It is stepping up the delivery of cruise missiles to be loaded into the "F-35A" fighters of the Air "Self-Defense Force" and planning to develop and introduce an unmanned submarine capable of attacking a warship under the pretext of "tightened defense system in the Pacific Ocean".

The mass possession of different kinds of long-range strike means with an unexpectedness of preemptive attack and a drastic increase in the radius of their operation and their deployment of multi-demesne forward spaces for actual war, including sea, underwater and air, make Japan reorganize its overall armed forces as a formation of preemptive attack and overseas aggression.

Japan has so far behaved as a "peace-loving state" in the international arena, branding neighboring countries' measures for bolstering up their self-defense capabilities as "threat" and "provocation". It is now clear that such moves were, after all, a camouflaged tactic to cover up its ambition for a military giant.

What should not be overlooked is that the U.S. is behind such dangerous military moves of Japan.

It is not a secret that the U.S. has handed over Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles to Japan, remodeled a warship to be used in its operation and provided all conditions and environment for its test-fire including the place of launch.

The U.S. is threatening the strategic space of Russia in Europe by placing NATO in front and violating peace and security in the Middle East. It is also seriously encroaching upon the security interests of the independent countries against imperialism by letting its junior stooges like Japan and the ROK as shock brigade in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan's military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, which is being turned into the world's biggest hotspot due to the U.S. exclusive and aggressive foreign policy with its hegemonic maintenance as its ultimate goal, is a dangerous development of the situation that seriously threatens international peace and stability.

Japan has not made public detailed information about the water area it conducted the test-fire, the number of missiles, targets of range and other things, but it is undeniable that it is a long-range weapon test with the DPRK and other neighboring countries in the striking range.

If the descendants of militarism, who have inherited the genes of cunning and aggression, have seized deadly weapons in their hands, something unpleasant will happen.

There is no guarantee that Japan, a war criminal state which has gradually made a political, military and legal footing for reinvasion, while denying and embellishing its history of aggression, will not inflict tragic disaster upon humankind again in case the preemptive attack capability is in its hands.

The international community should heighten vigilance against the reckless military ambition of the descendants of the war criminal state keen on realizing the old daydream of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" with the backing of the U.S. and never open the way to a military giant for Japan.

The voices of denunciation and warning alone cannot cool the wild ambition of the gangs of island country for reinvasion.

One effective way is to make Japan feel that its security has been exposed to greater danger due to its greediness.

We should make it regret.

We will never remain a passive onlooker to the military evolution of Japan which may pose a grave threat to the security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

I make it clear upon authorization that the armed forces of the DPRK and the military leadership will set up additional military options which are obviously due to Japan's transformation of these days. -0-

DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on U.S. Groundless "Theory of Cyber Threat"

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on August 3 as regards the fact that the U.S. incited the atmosphere of denunciation against the DPRK to mislead public opinion about its "cyber threat":

The U.S. and its followers' "joint warning" about the "cyber threat" by the DPRK is nothing but a stereotyped political accusation with a sinister purpose to tarnish the image of our state.

The repeated malicious assertion of the member states of the multilateral sanctions monitoring team merely aims to spread false information devoid of credibility. Such assertion only brings to light the illegality of ghost mechanism the West organized of its own accord and the gravity of its moves for inter-camp confrontation, not a "threatening nature" by someone.

The dishonest forces are now turning the cyber space, which should contribute to peace and co-prosperity of mankind and progress and development of society, into a theatre of confrontation and veiled enmity to pursue their selfish purpose. And it is an undeniable fact that the U.S. should be blamed for it

The U.S., which was the first in the world to form a cyber command, is hell-bent on joint cyber drills including the Cyber Flag with its allies. And it also formed a military-industrial complex for cyber warfare to steadily expand and strengthen its cyber attack force.

The concept of cyber operation, which has been applied to every joint military drill frequently staged by the U.S. with its vassal forces, is by no means for "defense" but part of its war preparations to attain superiority in electronic information warfare and even in battlefields in contingency.

The U.S. moves to form an exclusive camp in IT field, openly asserting that AI is equivalent to nuclear weapons, are worsening the instability of cyberspace on a global scale and causing a new security crisis.

It is illogical that the U.S., which has possessed and operated the biggest cyber force in the world by monopolizing the core resources of cyber space, is talking about "cyber threat" from other countries. And it is a mere excuse for justifying its illegal policy on placing pressure on sovereign states.

The U.S. and other hostile forces' moves to establish hegemony in cyber space, a treasure common to mankind, with the "theory of cyber threat" fabricated with misinformation can never be tolerated.

The DPRK will never allow any politically- and ideologically-motivated attempt of the U.S. and other hostile forces to use the cyber issue as the means of criticism and pressure on other countries, and make steady and practical efforts to defend the security and development interests of the state in all domains. -0-

Military Commentator on Moves of U.S., Japan and ROK to Threaten Security in Asia-Pacific Region

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Following is the full text of "Threat Posed by the Trinity of the U.S., Japan and the ROK which is settled as a new security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region", an article released by a military commentator on August 3:

Clearly illuminated is the threat by the trinity of the U.S., Japan and the ROK to ensure a military edge by openly ignoring the security concerns of the regional countries and steadily strengthening their ability to carry out the combined war.

This is proved by RIMPAC, the largest-ever joint naval drill in the world, which was recently conducted in the Pacific Ocean, led by the U.S.

It is not a secret that the U.S., which had staged RIMPAC joint military exercises targeting the former Soviet Union since 1971, has steadily expanded the scale and contents of the exercises with the aim of containing the marine advance of other countries and establishing regional hegemony under the pretext of defending the maritime security after the end of the Cold War.

This year, too, the U.S. and its vassal allies conducted more than 500 maritime drills and 2 400-odd flight drills involving over 30 000 troops, above 30 surface warships, five submarines and at least 190 aircraft.

The recent joint military exercises have raised concern of the international community because of not only the large-scale forces and military hardware reminiscent of the Pacific War but also the reality in which the nature and color of RIMPAC, the war drill against the sovereign states in the region, have become clearer and the leading role with which Japan and the ROK have played pursuant to the U.S. hegemonic strategy.

The ROK, which has participated in RIMPAC since 1990, performed the commandership of the joint naval component army commanding the naval forces of the participating countries for the first time, and Japan undertook the deputy commandership of the joint mobile unit in the said drill.

This clearly shows the strategic attempt of the U.S. to strengthen its interoperability with the ROK and Japan under the simulated conditions of a real war and to establish an absolute military hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region by imposing more security burden on them.

The deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet openly said that the commanding role of the ROK and Japan was not a symbolic one but for the actual operation. This goes to prove that RIMPAC, the largest-ever naval drill in the world, is, in fact, a war rehearsal of aggression led by the U.S., Japan and the ROK.

The U.S. is more openly manifesting such military orientation in the region around the Korean peninsula, the biggest hotspot in the Asia-Pacific region.

In July alone, the U.S. and the ROK staged Buddy Squadron air drills under the pretext of strengthening their capability of cooperation in the air and conducted on an unprecedented scale the Combined Joint Sustainment Training aimed at providing logistic support to the ROK from the U.S. mainland and overseas military bases in case of contingency on the Korean peninsula.

The U.S. speeds up the transformation of the U.S. Forces in Japan into a unified military command with independent operational functions with an aim to strengthen cooperation in command control with the integrated operation command of the Self-Defence Forces of Japan and schemes to deploy in the ROK the medium-range strategic missile system Typhon with the regional countries in its striking range after its deployment in Japan.

Japan launched Tomahawk long-range cruise missile it purchased from the U.S. in the Pacific Ocean amid open debate about going nuclear on its own accord, completely throwing away the deceptive mask of "exclusive defense". And the ROK has been developing a nuclear submarine in real earnest, citing the "naval threat" from neighboring countries.

Apparently, the U.S. confrontational racket and reckless acts of Japan and the ROK which avail themselves of the former's moves have already crossed the red line and their ill-looking war alliance is approaching the international community, threatening global peace and security.

The threat posed by the trinity of the U.S., Japan and the ROK is being settled as a new security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region.

It is the DPRK's invariable mode of controlling situation and crisis to response to a threat of new level with a deterrence of new level.

It is needed to keep an eye on and deter the emergence of the U.S.-led "axis of confrontation" which undermines the security of the region and precipitates instability with the aim of establishing hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. -0

'Peoples Korea Today' Issue 68 ( August 2026 ).pdf

Crime of Japan, Sworn Enemy of Korean Nation

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The Korean war ignited by the U.S. imperialists in the early 1950s of the last century was a war of massacre and destruction which inflicted untold misfortune and pain upon the Korean people.

The Japanese militarists, who had been involved in cooperation for mapping out the plan for the criminal war of aggression, examined all the documents of the general staff of the Japanese imperialist aggressor forces, which had been kept secret after their defeat, under the direction of the U.S. imperialists.

The U.S. imperialists' plan for the war of aggression against the DPRK, completed in collusion with the Japanese militarists, was submitted to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff without any significant amendments.

The Japanese militarists also cooperated with the U.S. imperialists in mapping out the plan for intelligence against the DPRK. They made a thorough examination of the whereabouts and duties of the spies in the DPRK, the possibility of their activities and the contact system in case of war, and hatched a plot to dispatch spies on a large scale under the instructions from the U.S. imperialists.

The Japanese militarists, who tried to mobilize even religious believers in spy activities, supported the puppet ROK army which served as cannon fodder for the war of the U.S. imperialists in every way.

In 1948, scores of former Japanese imperialist aggressor officers were sent to the puppet ROK to help the puppet armed forces in their operation and training. In April 1950, they taught the puppet army officers how to commit assassination.

Meanwhile, a unit of Eiichiro Gondo, former vice admiral of the Japanese imperialist aggressor forces, and a unit of the lieutenant colonel Sawai Tetsubi arrived at the puppet ROK after undergoing various special training by the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces. Other units girded themselves for the Korean war.

The Japanese militarists, under the control of the U.S. imperialists, planned germ warfare to brutally massacre the Korean people in case of the outbreak of the Korean war.

The crimes, committed by the Japanese militarists in cooperation with the U.S. imperialists in their preparations for a war of aggression against the DPRK, constitute an atrocity adding new crimes to the crimes already committed against the Korean people during their colonial rule over Korea. -0-

KCNA Commentary on NATO's Frantic War Preparations

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The world community is watching keenly NATO's frantic war preparations.

Shortly ago, NATO approved the reorganization of the military fuel transport system dating back to the Cold War period.

According to the so-called NATO Fuel Supply Chain Capability Programme Plan, the existing NATO fuel supply chain in western Europe, which has a total length of about 10 000 km, will be connected to its new member states in eastern and northern Europe. And huge projects, ranging from the construction and modernization of new fuel pipelines to the construction of energy storage facilities, will reportedly be launched.

Originally, there were disagreements among the member states because of huge cost, but they were finally settled. This shows that NATO is clinging to the provision of strategic reserves for war while regarding it as a vital matter.

Moreover, an assertion that NATO will get stronger with the establishment of fuel pipelines is being made among NATO member states. This is a clear proof that NATO is developing into a more aggressive military bloc.

What merits attention is that foreign news are commenting that NATO worked out such an ambitious plan to cope with a potential war with Russia. But the issue is more serious.

In recent years, NATO, which has talked about the inseparability of the security in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, is more frequently introducing strategic assets of its member states into the Asia-Pacific region, demonstrating its military existence, and frequently staging adventurous muscle flexing in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula in collusion with the countries hostile towards the DPRK.

NATO member states including Germany and Italy, the defeated nations in Europe in the past, actively participated in RIMPAC, the largest-ever joint naval drill in the world, which was conducted in the large area of sea around Hawaii and the Pacific Ocean. This clearly proves that NATO always regards the Asia-Pacific region as the theatre of war.

The grave reality, in which NATO is pushing ahead with the provision of strategic reserves as well as massive arms buildup, hints at many things.

In a word, it is the evil intention of NATO to stockpile enough fuel and other war supplies and thus kindle the flames of war any time in any part of the world.

Several decades have passed since NATO was founded as a military bloc but it is unprecedented that it prepares for war so openly as now.

The grave nature of NATO as a war bloc is becoming more obvious.

The fair international community aspiring after justice and peace will never tolerate the dangerous and challenging act of NATO dashing toward war but make a resolute counterattack to them.

NATO's hastened efforts for igniting a war will bring earlier its ruin. -0-