Commenting on this, Minju Joson Tuesday observes:

This goes to prove that Japan is attaching great importance to bolstering up submarine capability in increasing its naval force.

Japan has dramatically expanded the theater of its SDF activities worldwide, discarding the principle of "exclusive defense." Its main mission is to conduct overseas military activities for aggression, not just to defend its proper.

Having grown corpulent through the stepped-up moves for turning Japan into a military giant, it is dreaming of becoming a "leader of the world," not just "Asian leader".

Japan inflicted tremendous human and material losses upon the Asian people as a war criminal state during the Second World War.

It is nonsense and mockery at the international community for such country to work hard to expand its military activities while talking about "international peace" and "humanitarianism".

The world wishes to see Japan take the road of genuine peace, instead of expanding military activities, and opt for redressing its past crimes as its first step.

It is as clear as noonday that Japan is bound to meet destruction as it keeps to the road of a war despite the demand of the international community, blinded with ambition for militarist overseas expansion.

It is not war but peace that guarantees Japan's existence and future. The war will push Japan to its final destruction.

Japan would be well advised to heed the warning of the international community and stop at once its suicidal action.