Rodong Sinmun Wednesday observes in a by-lined commentary in this regard:

This is a clear indication that the Japanese reactionaries are making desperate efforts to stoke militarism.

Laying bare the ulterior aims sought by the Japanese reactionaries in defining "Kimigayo," the song bearing the towering grudge of Asian people, as Japan's national anthem and, furthermore, publishing even "regulations" obliging Japanese to pay "respect" and "tribute" to it, the commentary goes on:

They are, in a nutshell, aimed at making the playing of "Kimigayo" part of official functions in a bid to lay an ideological groundwork of militarism and make the blood-stained past history repeat itself.

By applying the above-said "regulations" to the teachers the Japanese reactionaries seek to implant the militarist view on history and revanchist sentiment into the minds of naive students and train them as right-wing elements and national chauvinists and thus use them as a shock brigade for overseas aggression.

The Japanese militarist forces may embark upon the road of reinvasion anytime as they are getting ready to take revenge for their past defeat, concludes the commentary.