Japan's Spurious Signboard of "Peace" Ridiculed

Pyongyang, August 14 (KCNA) -- An article titled "Till when is it going to deceive world with 'peace' signboard" written by Ri Myong Hwa, a researcher of the Institute for Japan Studies, was issued on August 13 on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of defeat of the Japanese imperialists.

Japan might feel distressed whenever it marks the anniversary of defeat every year, the article said, and went on:

Japan has worked desperately to shake off the ill image of the fascist defeated nation and take up the new look as a "pacifist state" and a "normal state" each day of the past 73 years since the defeat in August 1945.

If there is anything that has been required so much externally and politically by Japan after the war, that could be the word "peace".

By misusing even the trend of the present century which regards justice, morality and peace as the standard of civilization and development, it has trumpeted about "pacifism" and claimed to have behaved as a "dutiful state".

The image of "kind Japanese" that has been recorded in history as a rare political cartoon is the most vivid product of Japan's enthusiasm to change its image.

A newspaper office of Japan invited a world renowned political cartoonist in the 1980s and let him produce a new image of Japanese and named it "Taro's image" symbolic of the good eldest son.

Later the Japanese politicians have deceived the world, while veiling Japan as an "honest-minded state" and a "pacifist state" with the "Taro's image" as standard.

In a statement marking the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat, the Japanese chief executive used the word "peace" 12 times to claim that the post-war history of Japan marked 60 years of "peace" that had reflected on the war in practice.

The external political slogan referring to "Japan's state image in the 21st century" specified by a policy advisory institution was also the construction of a "beautiful country" and "active pacifism".

Prime Minister Abe claimed that "active pacifism is the self-portrait of new Japan and it will be one of banners that will represent and lead Japan in the future".

What is all the more ridiculous is a statement made by Abe marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in the Pacific War in which he said Japan has lived up to its oath to deny a war as a "pacifist state" after the defeat and will make active contribution to world peace and security in the future, too.

Japan has been keen on justifying its past so much that its chief executive openly claimed that "he feels proud of the actions for peace done by Japan for more than 70 years after war".

Then is it really that Japan followed the path of maturity to be the pacifist state.

Never. As a country that has preserved the "emperor" system despite its defeat, Japan has kept to the path of militarist revival in all fields including politics, economy, military, culture and diplomacy behind the scene of peace.

It has adopted a double-dealing attitude, taking "peace" as a camouflaged signboard of its foreign policy for aggression for more than 70 years after the war only to be forced to pay a high price now.

The situation of the Korean peninsula and the region has now been oriented toward dialogue and detente and lots of countries in the world have opted for the path of the coordination of the overall relations and development for equality, reciprocity and future.

Japan's double-dealing attitude at the moment only betrays its true nature concerning the issue of the Korean peninsula, an issue so important as to steer the trend toward global peace.

It is now treated as a puppy in dialogue for regional peace, the natural outcome of its own acts.

Upset and embarrassed, Japan is trying to be tactful and quick-witted to find a way-out, but a brake is put on a key issue.

A key to handling the Korean peninsula issue that has great effect on world peace and stability is to face up to the existence of the DPRK, a worldwide strategic state, as it is and to adjust one's external political stand based on it.

Japan's authenticity regarding the issue peace lies in the redemption of its past.

Spurious signboard of "peace" without practice is just deception and mockery of the world.

If Japan truly wants to get international acknowledgement, it had better take up mature political and moral look that can convince the world that has undergone a change.

Only then the setback of Japan can be done away with. -0-