What Is The Japanese Military Role When It Comes To North Korea

Yahoo News: Japanese defense in the age of North Korean missile successes

The United States and South Korea began large-scale air-defense exercises on Monday, ignoring pleas from Russia and China to call off the annual military exercises in hopes that, in exchange, North Korea would slow its weapons programs. The decision signaled that the U.S. and its regional allies, including South Korea and Japan, are losing faith in the prospects for negotiations with the regime in Pyongyang.

“People may ask why we do not engage with North Korea. We have been engaging with North Korea for more than 20 years,” a Japanese government official told Yahoo News at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. “Our sincere will for dialogue with North Korea was betrayed, simply put.”

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Update: Here is a clear sign on how Japan is changing its defense posture .... Japan Wants Long-Range Missiles That Could Reach North Korea, Report Says (Newsweek).

WNU Editor: Here is a good read on what is the Japanese military's role when it comes to North Korea .... When it comes to North Korea, what is Japan's military role? (Thomas Maresca, Special to USA TODAY).