Japan Will Perish in Flames of Neo-Militarism: KCNA Commentary

Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Dignitaries again flocked to the Yasukuni Shrine on the day of Japan's defeat.

High-ranking politicians of Japan, buoyed up by the wild ambition for continental aggression, frequent there on different occasions every year. It is the fact well known to the world already that what they seek is just to secure a spiritual pillar for proactively supporting their militaristic policy.

But this time the gravity of the issue is further highlighted by the group visit assuming so unusual colours.

Prime Minister Takaichi, who had made an offering to the shrine on August 15, made a bow toward the shrine, on her way to the national mourning ceremony for the war dead. She was not far from the shrine at that time.

It is something rare to be seen that the incumbent prime minister made a bow toward the shrine on the day of defeat.

As foreign media commented it as "remote tribute" and "a quarter of a step forward to pay visiting tribute," it is not difficult to see Takaichi's militaristic ambition that has gone to extremes.

Since its emergence, the Takaichi regime has pursued such extremely dangerous military policy, never to be seen in the preceding regimes, as deployment of preemptive attack weapons indispensable for launching reinvasion, modification of the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology" and its guidelines and attempted revision of the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" for arming itself with nuclear weapons.

By paying such "surprise tribute" in that context, little short of visiting tribute, Takaichi has openly revealed her intention to actualize the "long-cherished desire" for overseas expansion at the earliest date by rendering the social atmosphere of supporting reinvasion strong enough to facilitate the war preparations being accelerated by the present regime.

No wonder, she neither spoke any words of reflection on Japan's history of aggression nor made no-war pledge in her address to the so-called national ceremony for mourning the war dead she attended after her "tribute" to the shrine.

On the contrary, she employed a crafty trick in her speech to evade the responsibility for the last century's wars of aggression that inflicted untold misfortune and pain upon the Asian people.

Keeping pace with the chief executive rashly behaving in denial of the past crimes to revive militarism, a number of conservative politicians vied with each other to visit the shrine and pay tribute to the special-class war criminals.

Notably, the Japanese minister of Defence, said to be in charge of "national security", visited the shrine this time, too, which clearly shows the gravity of the issue.

The shameless descendants of militarism, the only ones who have not yet liquidated their sinful past, are desperately "worshiping" the hideous aggressors and murderers who spearheaded the overseas invasion and working hard to ignite a revenge war. Such serious tendency constitutes a blatant challenge to the desire of humankind for global peace and security.

Japan is bound to repeat its past as it never draws a lesson but wantonly denies its past as a war criminal country and a defeated nation.

The island nation will perish in the flames of neo-militarism fanned on the day of defeat. -0-

조선중앙통신 

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 99th anniversary of the foundation of the Young Communist League of Korea

   BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA

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                                           22nd of August 2026
The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea  and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK) issued a joint statement on the 99th anniversary of the foundation of the Young Communist League of Korea (YCLK) by the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG

    Th 28th of August is  the 99th anniversary of the foundation of the Young Communist League of Korea , the proud revolutionary forerunner of today's Socialist Patriotic Youth League In the DPRK the 28th of August is proudly celebrated as Youth Day.
   On the 28th of August 1927 the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG formed the Young Communist League of Korea with members of the Anti-Imperialist Youth League of Korea which in turn had been formed with members from the Down -With -Imperialism Union the first communist revolutionary organisation .
   The formation of the YCLK opened a new chapter in the history of the Juche-orientated communist movement in Korea . The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL wrote that "Under the leadership of respected Comrade Kim II Sung during the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, the young communists and other young patriots blazed the trail for the Korean revolution, defeated Japanese imperialism and accomplished the historic cause of liberating the country. In the course of the noble struggle for national liberation waged under his wise leadership, the Korean communist youth movement originated and its glorious traditions were established. "
  The great leader President KIM IL SUNG thus formed a new communist revolutionary movement in Korea based on youth that was completely from the poison of factionalism and totally committed to anti-imperialist and communist revolutionary ideas .
   The tradition of attaching great importance to youth work was established by the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG . In some former socialist countries youth were regarded as a source of trouble as they were frequently the first to succumb to the imperialist ideological and cultural infiltration but in People's Korea youth are the pride of the nation , they are the vanguard and shock brigade of socialist construction .
  We congratulate the Korean people on the 98th anniversary of the foundation of the Young Communist League of Korea.
BGSJI

KFA UK
   

Japan's Increased Defence Budget Will Escalate "Security Deficit": KCNA Commentary

Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Japan's sinister intention to accelerate its drive for turning itself into a war state while deceiving the international community has been brought to light.

It was reported on Aug. 18 that the Japanese Defence Ministry is going to request about 8.9 trillion yen as the fiscal 2027 budget for "defence cost".

But the final amount of the "defense cost" will reportedly increase to 10 trillion yen at the time of budgeting at the end of the year, for there exist more than 150 "items required" without specific cost.

Such increase in Japan's "defence cost," which will hit an all-time high, means the expansion of the dangerous war budget that will bring new turmoil to the region and other parts of the world.

Historically, Japan has increased the "defence cost" to a record level every year and turned the "Self-Defence Forces" into modern preemptive attack forces in a crafty way of adding to the budget, hyping "threat from neighboring countries".

According to three security documents, including the "national security strategy" published at the end of 2022, the Japanese reactionaries set the "defence cost" for 2023-2027 totaling about 43 trillion yen and assert that it is adjusted and spent by yearly installments. This is no more than a lame excuse and deceptive farce.

As for the "defence cost" for 2026 only, the present Japanese regime claimed it is 9.0353 trillion yen, 3.8 percent increase from the initial budget in 2025, but in fact it has made the biggest "leap" by exceeding 10 trillion yen.

It is not difficult to imagine the tremendous scale of next year's military spending, which will further expand at the end of this year, and it is clear that such huge military spending will lead to arms buildup for rounding off the preparations for a war of aggression.

In fact, Japan is to spend the money for the development of underwater-launched hypersonic missile, massive deployment of attack drones, such strengthened response to "new warfare" as the introduction of AI into the SDF command system and additional deployment of long-range missiles "capable of attacking enemy bases".

What merits attention is the fact that Japan's military spending, the highest in the world, is accompanied by the astronomical amount of state debt.

As known, Japan's state debt exceeded 1 343 trillion yen at the end of 2025, an increase of 1.5 percent from the previous year's, consecutively breaking records over a decade.

Meanwhile, Japan renewed the previous record in its "defence cost", thus becoming the world's sixth largest weapon importer in 2021-2025.

Despite such deteriorating financial situation, the Japanese reactionaries are spending a huge amount of money, collected from the people as taxes, for massively securing various long-range strike means like the U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and developing offensive weaponry. It is as clear as noonday that this is not for building a "pacifist state".

It is a foolish dream to think that their vicious militarist nature, characterized by aggression and war, can be concealed with the veil of "defence" and "self- defence".

With such reckless arms buildup, it is impossible to guarantee the future of the archipelago and the record-breaking war budget will only escalate its "security deficit".

The righteous regional community will never overlook the military evolution of the descendants of the war criminal nation disturbing peace and security of the world but thoroughly counter it by concerted efforts. -0-

BGSJI and KFA UK announce formation of UK Preparatory Committee For the 78th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK .

 BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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London  21st of   August 2026
The  British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK  ) issued a statement announcing the formation of the UK Preparatory Committee For Celebrating the 78th anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic People's Republic  of Korea(DPRK). 

The UK Preparatory Committee For Celebrating the 78th Anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK has formed by the Korean Friendship Association of the UK  , the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and progressive and anti-imperialist parties with Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman of KFA UK as secretary and Andy Brooks ,general secretary of the New Communist Party as Honorary Chairman .

The foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the 9th of September 1948  heralded the birth of powerful Juche-oriented socialist state , a people centred socialist state . It was of great significance not just for the Korean people but the world progressive and revolutionary people .

Our committee will organise activities such as an online meeting to mark the 78th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK .

BGSI

KFA UK

BGSJI and KFA UK support the press statement of comrade Kim Yo Jong "Poor plight of Seoul unable to play a war game it liked very much"

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London  21st of   August 2026
The  British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK  )  , issued the following joint statement in support  of the press statement made of comrade Kim Yo Jong , department director of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea , was titled "Poor plight of Seoul unable to play a war game it liked very much" and made on the 20th of August ;

Recently , it was announced that the Ulji Freedom Shield military exercise  was to conclude earlier than planned as the US president had ordered the reduction in scale of the war game unilaterally and without any consultation with the US's supposed "ally "  , the Republic of Korea (ROK ) .The reduction in the war game was announced only a few hours before its start . The ROK puppets are looking very silly indeed.

Comrade Kim Yo Jong observed that "The ROK cannot let out a single word of protest at the GIs leaving without any mutual coordination at the U.S. chief executive's unilateral order. This is the inevitable fate of the puppet army, whose right to command has been left in the hands of the U.S., and the true situation of the ROK, whose security has been placed at stake due to a reduction of the joint military drill and who brags about its "enough capability for self-defence" despite its defence and security being under the care of outsiders."

The debacle over the early end of Ulji Freedom Shield shows that the relationship between the US and ROK is a master and servant one . The Seoul regime is nothing but a puppet regime . The ROK even has to pay the US for the cost of the US troops occupying south Korea.

As comrade Kim Yo Jong observes "The whole territory of the ROK would be insufficient to curry favour with the cruel master.". This is indeed true.

Comrade Kim Yo Jong's press statement is a truly excellent one which proves the truth that the ROK is nothing but a puppet . We strongly recommend that this statement is studied and widely distributed.

BGSJI

KFA UK

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

Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement "Poor plight of Seoul unable to play a war game it liked very much" on August 20:

Ulji Freedom Shield, a large-scale rehearsal for an aggressive war being conducted by the U.S. and the ROK in the ROK, was given a frosty reception right after its kick-off.

Trump issued a sudden order to reduce the scale of the drill. This has placed Seoul in a poor plight of discontinuing the "war game" it liked very much.

It will be something like the first "trouble" to the ROK, unprecedented in the history of U.S.-ROK joint military exercises, in the context that it has never seen the scale of a war game reduced to become coreless right after its kick-off with no prior discussion.

The ROK cannot let out a single word of protest at the GIs leaving without any mutual coordination at the U.S. chief executive's unilateral order. This is the inevitable fate of the puppet army, whose right to command has been left in the hands of the U.S., and the true situation of the ROK, whose security has been placed at stake due to a reduction of the joint military drill and who brags about its "enough capability for self-defence" despite its defence and security being under the care of outsiders.

The plight of the ROK, which is compelled to stop the "war game" it liked very much, is showing the structure of the relation between master and servant called the "U.S.-ROK blood alliance" of which it has boasted.

As recognized generally, this unforeseen consequence is an evident disaster brought by the unrealistic and anachronistic security outlook pursued by the ROK authorities who have ceaselessly repeated unnecessary attempts to reverse the regional mechanical structure controlled by a nuclear-armed nation, blinded by their firm belief in the U.S. master.

The ROK has reaped what it sowed.

The ROK authorities are hyping it as an "occasion for new phase and good opportunity for a change in relations" to cover up their poor plight, which is nothing but a lame excuse.

Lee Jae Myung curried favor with the U.S. in public by uttering shameful words that he pays "respects" for Trump's "decisive rollback decision" and it was a "decision from deep consideration" and then talked about "independent national defence" and "independent buildup of military capabilities" to prepare for the "worst scenario". Such double-dealing behaviour vividly proves uneasiness and impatience of the ROK.

The world witnesses that the U.S. security aids are no longer free of charge.

The whole territory of the ROK would be insufficient to curry favour with the cruel master.

What about deeply considering its position of complete subordination and finding a way of existence on this occasion?

Seoul should be aware of the unavoidable fate of the "puppet". -0-

KFA UK and BGSJI support the press statement of comrade Kim Yo Jong on International Issues .

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London  20th of   August 2026
The  British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK (KFA UK  )  , issued the following joint statement in support  of the press statement made by comrade Kim Yo Jong , department director of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea , which clarified her stance on a number of important international issues;

On the 19th of August comrade Kim Yo Jong ,department director of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea made a wide ranging press statement clarifying her stance on a number of key international issues .At present there are a number of issues that are escalating the global security crisis.

Comrade Kim Yo Jong correctly observes that "The trend of the present unpredictable and complicated international situation is a source of the escalation of the geopolitical crisis in different parts of the world and serious concern of the international community aspiring after peace and stability." and draws attention to the worsening situation in the Middle East , Europe and in the far east and the Korean peninsula .

In Europe the Western imperialists are using Ukraine as a proxy , a puppet , to try and inflict a strategic defeat on Russia . We would add the US ,NATO and EU are using Ukraine as a strategic battering ram to achieve regime change in the Russian Federation.

Comrade Kim Yo Jong reiterates the full support of the DPRK for the efforts of the Russian government and people to defend their interests . At the same time comrade Kim Yo Jong refutes the idea being spread by the Zelensky clique that the DPRK is sending additional troops to Russia " I make clear that the theory of the "dispatch of additional troops" of our army, which the Zelenskiy group invented and propagates, is an ungrounded farce of Kiev and that the U.S. and the West are entirely responsible for the start of the Ukrainian crisis and its prolongation"

Indeed the entire responsibility for sparking the Ukrainian crisis lies entirely with the West and moreover the conflict is being prolonged by supplies of weapons and aid from Western countries.

Turning the spotlight on the long ignored issue of the Japan's reckless military expansion comrade Kim Yo Jong stresses that "The DPRK regards Japan's reweaponization as a serious threat. This means that the DPRK pays more attention to Japan and gets strong perception that it regards the latter as a military target. It also hints that Japan's security is in more dangerous state.". 

Japan's increasing militarisation and drift to the far right are a serious danger to world peace and the DPRK is correct to highlight this .

Should Japan make the wrong choice  it " will face immediate annihilating blow impossible to survive".

As to the 'late in the day ' announcement from the US president that US-ROK military exercises will be reduced , the DPRK is unmoved and unimpressed by it. Comrade Kim Yo Jong states that "As for the reduction of the U.S.-ROK joint military drill abruptly announced by the U.S. president a few days ago, we regard it as the one unworthy of comment and have no interest in it at all."

In fact the US and ROK have carried out military drills repeatedly since the beginning of the year so it is quite irrelevant for the US to announce a 'reduction ' in the scale of hostile military exercises .  In our opinion it is good that the DPRK is not fooled by the fake 'peace ' advocated by the US. Comrade Kim Yo Jong points out that "We are paying more attention to the fact that the joint military drills between the U.S. and the ROK have been steadily staged and are still under way, not to the reduction or shortening of individual drills, and we are correctly seeing through the fact that this is an obvious expression of open hostility toward the DPRK"

Comrade Kim Yo Jong also said that she was not aware of any communication between US president Trump and the Supreme leader of the DPRK even though this was claimed by the US.

The issue of the rapport between the leaders of the DPRK and US is one that should be separated from US policy towards the DPRK which to all and intents and purposes remains hostile . Comrade Kim Yo Jong points out " the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK has remained unchanged and the U.S. and its followers are now violently conducting hostile military activities against the DPRK even this moment"

The DPRK will maintain a strong deterrent.

Comrade Kim Yo Jong's press statement is a comprehensive clarification of the DPRK 's stand on international issues . We are grateful for it and believed that it should be studied widely.

BGSJI

KFA UK