The Japanese government on June 20 made public the "basic policy" to be announced when the "National Defense Program Guidelines" will be revised late this year.

It underscores "the need to make a switchover in the policy on cutting down equipment and personnel". It envisages an increase of "defense spending" and beefing up of the strength of "the Self-Defense Forces (SDF)," examination of the issue of "acquiring the capability to attack enemy bases" and increase of "defense capability," etc.

The Liberal Democratic Party in its "final proposal" released earlier called for retracting the policy on cutting down the "defense spending" and "defense forces," the setting up of a foreign information body directly under the authority of the Cabinet and the "National Security Council," allowing the "exercise of the right to collective self-defense" and reexamination of the "three principles of arms export."

This indicates that the moves of the Japanese militarists to round off the preparations for reinvasion have reached a graver phase.

It is the ulterior intention and strategic aim of the Japanese reactionaries to embark upon the road for reinvasion after securing a military edge on land and seas and in space.

To this end, they worked out and announced in 1976 the "National Defense Program Guidelines" clarifying the military strategic and tactical issues arising in realizing reinvasion and modified it several times later.

They have become evermore undisguised in their moves to replace the "pacifist constitution" by a war constitution and attain the "status" of a military power in the course of implementing the above-said guidelines.

The sphere of the "SDF's" military operation extended to the Indian Ocean, going far beyond the boundary of Japan's vicinity. The Japanese reactionaries' moves to acquire offensive armed forces have made brisk headway, as exemplified by the building of aircraft-carriers, the introduction of a mid-air refueling tanker and purchase of a large cargo craft.

After making public the "basic plan on space" they are working in real earnest to militarize space, while launching military spy satellites.

They are also zealously pushing forward the work to imbue the "SDF" with the militarist idea so that it may directly carry out the reinvasion scenario of the Japanese authorities, while going mad with distorting history and stirring up the enthusiasm to visit "Yasukuni Shrine."

Japan has, in fact, emerged an aggression force and a war state having two essential elements for carrying out a war, after going beyond the conception of "exclusive defense."

What merits attention is the fact that the above-said guidelines again call for massive buildup of the "SDF" and "increase of defense capability."

This goes to prove that the "National Defense Program Guidelines" are nothing but a document of aggression for more powerfully pushing forward the Japanese militarists' scenario for reinvasion under the signboard of "defense."

The Japanese reactionaries have become evermore undisguised in their moves to round off the "National Defense Program Guidelines" under the pretext of "coping with the threat" from someone and "situation in the surrounding countries."

The examination of the issue of "acquiring the capability to attack enemy bases" under the simulated conditions of the "preemptive attack" on the DPRK is, therefore, considered as a top agenda item.

It is a foolish daydream for the Japanese militarists to stage a military comeback to Korea and realize their old dream of the "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" through Asian aggression.

Japan would be well advised to halt its preparations for reinvasion, bearing deep in mind that its whole territory is within the striking range of the DPRK.