This brings to bolder relief the present Japanese authorities' scenario for staging a comeback to Korea.

Kan's reckless remarks about "the protection of Japanese" are the replica of the pretext of the "protection of Japanese residents" which the Japanese imperialists always used before igniting wars of aggression in the last centuries.

When the Kapo Peasant War broke out in 1894 in Korea the Japanese imperialists hurled 10,000 strong ground and naval forces into Korea under the pretext of "protecting" Japanese residents in a bid to ignite the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War.

Early in the 20th century, they hurled huge aggressor troops into Korea under the same pretence before putting Korea under military occupation and establishing a colonial rule over it.

They used the pretext of "protecting Japanese residents" and "purging" anti-Japanese forces when they perpetrated monstrous massacres in the history including the great "punitive operation" in Jiandao and the "punitive operation" in east Manchuria.

It was due to the policy of "protecting Japanese residents" enforced by the Japanese imperialists that Korea was eclipsed on the world map and at least 8.4 million Koreans were taken away to alien countries to do slave labor and more than one million Koreans were killed.

Historical facts prove that the "protection of Japanese residents" touted by Japan is the pronoun and prelude to aggression, war and plunder.

Japan's intention to hurl SDF into Korea in contingency on the Korean Peninsula under the pretence of "protecting Japanese residents" is to stage a comeback to Korea and realize its old dream of "the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" which it failed to do in the last century, taking advantage of it.

Japan has already deployed main forces of SDF in its western region close to the Korean Peninsula and rounded off war legislations including "the law on the situation in the surrounding areas" and "the law on the emergency situation." In summer this year Japan let officers of the Maritime SDF get aboard nuclear carrier George Washington involved in the U.S.-south Korea joint naval exercises held in the East Sea of Korea, kicking up war hysteria.

In reality, Japan has emerged a war state having all legal, human and material preparations necessary for fighting a war of aggression.

What remains to be done is for Japan to secure a pretext for launching reinvasion. To this end, Kan repeated such rhetoric as "protection of Japanese" which the Japanese imperialists used for starting wars in the last century.

What should not be overlooked is the fact that the present Japanese authorities are craftily working to justify their policy for invading Korea at a time when the situation on the Korean Peninsula reached the brink of war due to the military clash on Yonphyong Island.

It is the trite and sinister method of Japan to add fuel to the fire and craftily make it serve its purpose in a bid to fish in troubled waters.

Japan did so whenever the situation got tense on the peninsula, to say nothing of the time when the Korean War was fought.

When the warship "Cheonan" sinking case broke out in south Korea Japan used it for quelling the discontent and anger of the Japanese people over the issue of the U.S. military base in Futenma to please its American master and get a great benefit. This helped reinforce its military foundation for staging a comeback to Korea.

Japan is now so emboldened that it is set to launch a war of aggression by openly hurling its forces into the peninsula, taking advantage of the military clash on Yonphyong Island.

The Japanese militarists can never realize their wild ambition for reinvading Korea as all the Koreans are highly vigilant against it.

The army and people of the DPRK will never pardon Japan watching for a chance of reinvasion, far from making apology and reparation for its crimes committed against the Korean people in the past.