calendar>>August 17. 2011 Juch 100
KCNA Raps Japan's Perverted Way of Thinking

Pyongyang, August 17 (KCNA) -- 66 years have passed since the Second World War ended.

Many countries and nations on the globe have striven hard to check the revival of militarism and fascism, recollecting the horrible war disasters every year.

However, it is only in Japan where abnormal phenomena take place in an unbroken chain quite contrary to this international trend to stun the international community.

The behaviors of politicians of Japan who hold official positions on August 15, day of Japan's defeat, provide a glimpse of the reality in the Japanese society prevalent with the trend of denying its past.

At least 50 Dietmen belonging to the "Association of Dietmen for Visiting Yasukuni Shrine" swarmed to the shrine on the day. Yoshihiko Noda, minister of Finance, openly said A Class war criminals entombed in the shrine were not war criminals.

When the prime minister and ministers avoided the visit to the shrine, Governor of Tokyo Metropolis Ishihara, ultra-right maniac, did not hesitate to let loose such hysteric remarks as "those guys are not Japanese."

This open and blatant denial of history by Japanese politicians on the day of disgrace makes the international community express concern over the ultra-right political trend prevailing in the Japanese society as it is one going beyond the scope of behaviors of individual ultra nationalists.

Japan has emerged a dangerous force of aggression keen on overseas expansion and militarism and is swayed with ultra-right social trend, oblivious of its past.

The present reality of Japan reminds one of its appearance before its defeat when it advocated "the whole world under one roof" and "the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere."

The reckless behaviors of ultra-right politicians on August 15 alone glaringly show the dirty political landscape in Japan where militarists, ultra-right conservative forces and descendants of war criminals ride roughshod, holding power.

The future of Japan cannot but remain dismal as long as the above-said ultra-right elements are allowed to run wild.

The Japanese reactionaries are now treading the same road of destruction as what the Japanese militarists did in the past.

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