From the article of 'Petrel'
No.695 / September 27, 1998

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Clinging to North Korean "Sanctions"

The Churlish and Deceitful Japanese Nation



The Japanese government and its reactionaries had an irresponsible attitude regarding whether North Korea launched a missile or a satellite.

They first concluded it was a missile and believed Japan was in position of danger. They should have a firm reaction to North Korea.

They have become paranoid about dealing with this happening, then suddenly, they called for sanctions between Japan and North Korea, and postponed to restore diplomatic relations with them and aid for food.

After investigating and determining that it wasn't a missile, the govt. still stated, "It is the fact that North Korea has the ability to fire long-range weapons regardless of what the object was, it could be a weapon. There is also the suspicion about their development of weapons of mass destruction; therefore, there is no need to end the sanctions."

Japan misjudged and misunderstood this incident; on top of the, they still extended the sanctions, caused a dispute discussion and in the end, they were smug about it. To launch a satellite that fall into the Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean, and to fire a missile directly at Japan are two different statement.

There were two possibilities: the first part the previous sentence was a militaristic provocation toward Japan, the last part was one of the demonstrations to authorize the power of General Kim Jong-Il. Because Japan monopolistic and capitalistic government has been impudent and shameful to North Korea, will not apologize.

If it is dangerous because a satellite could be a long-range weapon, Japanese advanced technology of satellite could make its nation more dangerous than North Korea. Did the failure of North Korean satellite launching cause face a danger to fishing industries or a public airport management without being announced before ? That is just an illogical theory, also a critique of diversion of military purpose is a strange reason.

Won't Japan use their productions and divert them for the same reason? But it is clear that Japan has used the advanced technology for military and adopted it for the Self-Defense Force.
If having a satellite means "diversion" for military purpose, any of the countries in the world (of course, including Japan) could be given a sanction. Those people who have hounded North Korea with such reasons, must be vulgar self-righteous.

If they are anxious about the real purpose of using satellite is for military, also Japanese satellites and all of the other productions must be denied. Why don't they get this point?

Japan, which is under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, criticizes weapons of mass destruction, is not realistic. What Japan should do now is end the sanctions against North Korea and apologize for this misunderstanding.

If they are the workers with heart , they should think so. A real man would think so.

But the nation of bourgeois is different. Instead of admitting their mistake, they still think they are right.
Japan is a nation, so is North Korea. The critique which Japan makes, will reflect into Japan as well. Yet Japanese govt. hasn't announced about this issue officially, "Whichever" is their excuse. It makes them continue to extend the sanctions. The Japanese govt. character has been same since the time before the World War II, and it is reactionary.

They intend to end up attacking North Korea instead of apologizing about it. If their judgement was wrong, they needed to correct their response, apologize about it and end the sanctions. Launching the satellite shouldn't cause them to have sanctions. It can't be a reason that it might be used for a military usage. Japanese militarists, nationalists absolutely see the existence of Japanese nation, but they denies the existence of North Korea, and prohibits them to have a satellite. The nationalists are contradict.

Is North Korea a dangerous nation? Many of Asians think Japan is a "dangerous" country. Japanese Self-Defense Force and reactionaries think it's about time to start to increase strategy of capacity of military, cooperate with America to begin, "the Defense Structure of a Ballistic Missile". Enormous money like one or two trillion yen will be spent for this plan.

It is also said they have encouraged launching an information satellite with "Detective Control". The Liberal Democratic Party established "Project Team about Collecting Information Satellite" and started to make more realistic and detail discussion.

The workers have been reinforced to strengthen military that is connected to the North Korean's satellite issue, "Call black white" has been become a discussion also..., this is such a theory which Japanese nation already has started to discuss in the public..., we now must pay attention on this issue and against such a scheme.

(Translated by Misa)