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N. Korea Says Japan's Push to Raise Defense Spending Will only Burden Its People

KCNA said the planned buildup would slow Japan's recovery and add hardship as Tokyo weighs nearly doubling defense spending to 80 trillion yen.

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North Korea on Friday criticized Japan's push to increase defense spending, saying it will darken prospects of Japan's economic recovery and impose...

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Reports have emerged that North Korea claimed Japan’s push to increase defense spending was an “anachronistic calculus,” arguing that it would become a burden on the Japanese economy and people. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on the 6th, Park Hak-song, a researcher at the Institute of Japan Studies under the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this statement in an article published the previous day titled, “The Att…

Pyongyang accuses Tokyo of endangering Asian stability and warns that the increase in military spending will exacerbate economic problems and punish Japanese citizens.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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