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Japanese Reactionaries' Move to Institute War Constitution Assailed

Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan in its recent Executive Council meeting formally approved the amendment to the Constitution which calls for renaming the "Self-Defense Forces" "National Defense Forces", making the "Hinomaru" and "Kimigayo" Japan's national flag and national anthem and designating the Japanese emperor "head of state". If the amendment is adopted after getting the government's approval and presented to the Diet, this will mean that Japan will give up "its Pacifist Constitution" for good which has been in force since 1947 and have a war constitution instead.

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

This indicates that the Japanese reactionaries' moves to replace the present Constitution by a war constitution have entered into a full-fledged phase.

It is the invariable intention of the Japanese reactionaries to realize the ambition for overseas invasion at any cost by providing a constitutional guarantee for the revival of militarism.

The Japan "Pacifist Constitution" may be replaced by a war constitution any time.

Now the revival of militarism in Japan is not something that may happen in the future but a potential danger to the international community.

The militarist chariot is now running at full speed for reinvasion.

But there is something the Japanese reactionaries should bear in mind before trying hard to revive militarism, come what may. That is the old dream of "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" of the Japanese imperialists is nothing but a daydream as it can never come true.

As proved by its past history, militarism brought Japan only a bitter defeat and ruin and the disgrace of being a war criminal state. Anachronistic is the attempt of Japan to revive militarism.