Japan, who went mean last year, informing the 1718 Committee of the UN Security Council of the DPRK's possibility of transshipment on the sea, is confusing the international community this year again, claiming that there is suspicion that the DPRK has been transferred essential oil goods from an unidentified ship in the open sea.

It is quite absurd as it is an evil-minded act of those who are marginalized by the trend of the regional situation.

Japan is getting increasingly uneasy with dialogues between different sides being conducted centered on the DPRK at present and with the positive development of the regional situation attributable to it.

Japan has so far rushed headlong for the execution of its hostile policy toward the DPRK, while crying out for cooperation in inciting confrontation with the DPRK and in putting pressure on the DPRK. Now that the anti-DPRK camp made a sudden U-turn toward dialogue with the DPRK, Japan is experiencing the feelings of betrayal, loneliness and awkwardness, finding itself at a loss with no idea of how to make its diplomatic gesture.

The warm wind of peace and stability that began to breeze over the Korean peninsula and the region has deprived Japan of even the justifications of "theory of threats from north Korea" which it had used for building political, military and socio-economic foundation for the establishment of a war state.

Much embarrassed by this, the Japanese reactionaries are taking the lead in the naval interception of the DPRK's ships even with the involvement of monitoring devices and personnel from other countries out of their vicious ambition to get rid of unfavorable situation.

Through this, they try to demonstrate their existence in settling the Korean peninsula issue and furthermore chill the efforts of the DPRK for defending peace, turn the situation back to the days of confrontation and thus realize without fail the dirty ambition of becoming a military giant and achieving overseas expansion.

Japan's moves are Don-Quixotic wild act going against the present trend of the times.

Now the neighboring countries and the international community support the DPRK's sincere stand and efforts to spur the development of positive situation on the Korean peninsula and hope that the present process of detente would be further accelerated to contribute to the development of world peace, security and civilization.

At this time, Japan is inciting cooperation for pressure on the DPRK and is working desperately to strain tension. This can not but be a frontal challenge to human desire for peace.

Japan's unbecoming acts of going against the trend of the times will only plunge Japan deeper into abyss.

An Asian media commented that with the growing suspicion of "passing Japan" over the Korean peninsula issue, Abe and others came out for defensive diplomacy only to be cold shouldered for its unreasonable demands and inappropriate acts and words. "Passing Japan" is attributable to the Abe regime's exploitation of the north's nuclear issue for the domestic ultra-right politics. Without the settlement of this, there can never be a way-out.

This is quite just.

Japan must know that it will ruin itself if turns its face away from the trend of the times.