Pyongyang, November 16 (KCNA) -- Japan is getting hell-bent on military exercises to round off war preparations for reinvasion.

It started large-scale combined maneuvers in military bases across the country, its surrounding waters and in the air on Monday.

The maneuvers that will last till Friday involve drills under the simulated conditions of an actual war with an aim to increase coordination capability of ground, naval and air "Self-Defense Forces."