As regards the issue of Japan's bid for its permanent membership discussed at the negotiations, the DPRK representative said that Japan has no qualification to become its permanent member because of its insincere attitude toward its past crimes. But the Japanese representative talked rubbish that the DPRK's demand for Japan's redemption of past wrongs "is irrelevant to the nature of the negotiations" and "it is diverting elsewhere the discussion on the issue."

Minju Joson Tuesday observes in a bylined commentary in this regard:

Except for other countries, Japan can never become a permanent member of the UNSC.

Citing facts to prove that Japan is not qualified to hold such responsible post at the UN, the commentary goes on:

As already known to the world, Japan is a criminal state as it invaded Korea and other Asian countries and imposed unspeakable misfortunes and pains upon their people in the past. Japan has refused to make due apology and reparation to the victims for them though more than six decades have passed since the war. On the contrary, it has worked hard overtly and covertly to embellish its blood-stained history of crimes and realize its wild ambition for militarist overseas expansion.

Japan, politically and morally immature, eyes the above-said responsible post at the UN. This reminds one of a child insisting that he should get married. This cannot but be another political caricature.

Japan had better get fully mature politically and morally and win confidence from the international community before eyeing anything. To this end, Japan should settle its crime-woven past, among other things.